Ignoring a trio of decisions from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina that strayed from the industry standard, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently found that North Carolina law does allow subcontractors and ...

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Cleveland Construction, Inc,. v. Ellis-Don Construction, Inc. Where the defendant-general contractor filed claims -- including the plaintiff-subcontractor's claims -- with the project owner and asked the . . .

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With so many diverse and competing interests, it's been difficult to get a consensus on how to do something everyone agrees must be done: Change the state's lien laws. Nan E. Hannah (pictured), head of the N.C. Bar Association's Construction Law Section, said recent bankruptcy decisions, economic factors, concerns in the title industry and other issues led the section to "take a really hard look at the lien law" this year.

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McCorkle v. North Point Chrysler Jeep, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1221, 10 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Guilford County Superior Court (Edwin G. Wilson, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: A property ...

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Boatwright Distribution & Supply, Inc. v. North State Mechanical Inc.  (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0888, 7 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court (Paul C. Ridgeway, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The third-tier subcontractor was a proper claimant ...

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