Good advice IMO.
I suspect just a call to the GC suggesting that getting the bonding company involved might wellr euslt in a check being forthcoming pretty quick.
this was a long while ago, but when i was single, i was dating a title insurance officer of a pretty
large firm.... i had a foreman who burned up a dimmer board, blamed me for it, and said he was
going to withhold the damage from my pay.... as he laid me off, and said there was no check, and
that was why. i got a termination slip, but no last two paychecks.
this was a signatory contractor, so those of you with experience in this, know how silly this was. :dunce:
so, i called up my girlfriend, and described what had happened... she asked for the jobsite address,
and said to be back at the generals trailer in an hour, for the show.
an hour later, i was waiting, and the process server showed up, with a lien that had already been
recorded at the county recorder, and he was serving a copy of that for informational purposes to the
GC.
no certificate of occupancy was going to be issued on that project till the mechanics lien was removed.
i got a call that evening from the foreman saying i could pick up my checks the following morning at
the jobsite... i declined, and said i'd pick them up at the shop, thank you.
when i got to the shop, i mentioned to the owner that his father, who'd started the shop and retired,
had been my journeyman fifteen years before..... he got on the phone, we chatted, i gave my old
journeyman the down low, he spoke to his son, and the lien, and the foreman were removed from the
job at the same time...
he signed the book right after me.... :angel:
simple legal instruments can have an amazing effect, if used
immediately, as others have said....