Unjust Enrichment Claim Cannot be Brought by Suppliers & Materialmen

Although a subcontractor, supplier or materialman can only make “one” recovery of money they are owed, they may be able to proceed under more than one legal theory in order to increase their chances of prevailing in their lawsuit. Quantum...

How Do Arbitration Provisions Affect Enforcement of Materialmens Liens?

Many construction contracts have provisions that parties must arbitrate–rather than litigate–their claims. Although these mandatory arbitration provisions can be useful, saving the parties time and money, they can also cause hiccups in the enforcement of materialmen liens. For example, in...

Georgia Court Clerks Raise Fees (House Bill 1055)

During these difficult economic times, most people have been very sensitive to cost increases; in fact, many businesses and law firms (ours included) have reduced fees in order to help our friends and clients. Unfortunately, the costs of dealing with...

Cobb Law Group Participates in Golf Tournament

Today, we thought we would momentarily step-away from discussing Georgia construction law. Instead, you might be interested to learn that the Cobb Law Group was pleased to sponsor a hole in the Bald Ridge Lodge’s First Annual Golf Tournament held...

Recent Case Law Affects Suppliers & Materialmen in Georgia

Whenever we represent a client--and throughout the representation--we are constantly reviewing our strategy to attempt to provide the best service for the lowest legal costs. Not every strategy works for every client in every situtation. We are mindful that our...

Client Gets to Keep Half-Million Dollar Judgment

Our law firm recently represented a national equipment supplier in an action to foreclose on a materialmen’s lien action; the trial court awarded our client judgment in the principal amount of $508,993.77 against our client’s customer and its guarantor. As...

Suppliers Need to Send Notices to Owners to Help Eliminate Bad Debt

Since 1994, Georgia's Lien Laws have required Notices to Owners to be sent by material suppliers and sub-contractors, and we began supplying these notices on construction projects throughout the state. In fact, we have provided thousands of such notices. Although...

Georgia Contractor’s Notice of Commencement Held Deficient for Failure to Include Legal Description

A recent Georgia Court of Appeals case held that a Notice of Commencement which failed to include a legal description of the property being improved was deficient; therefore, the court held that a materialman, supplier or subcontractor was relieved of...

Georgia Court of Appeals Requires Strict Compliance of Supplier’s Notice to Owner/Notice to Contractor

Last month, the Georgia Court of Appeals handed down a decision that affects every third-tier subcontractor and supplier working on construction projects in Georgia. In short, the court held that a supplier's Notice to Owner/Notice to Contractor which failed to...

New Blog on GA Materialmen’s Lien Law & GA Construction Law

Hello! As you know from our website, the Cobb Law Group is a statewide firm focusing on representing those in the construction industry including suppliers, materialmen, laborers, contractors, sub-contractors, project owners, architects, engineers, and others. Since the Georgia lien laws...