The state Supreme Court has taken up a case dealing with whether Pennsylvania’s Mechanics’ Lien Law should be construed liberally. The state Superior Court, in a case of first impression earlier this year, ruled that it should.

In so holding, the en banc panel said trustees of an employee benefits fund may proceed with mechanics’ lien claims against a developer for the money owed to the unions after the contractor who hired the unions went out of business.

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