Claimants suing under Pennsylvania’s Mechanics’ Lien Law do not need to show their work resulted in an "erected structure," as long as it was part of a plan to build one, the state Superior Court has ruled.
The May 17 decision from a divided en banc panel limits case law that stood for the dismissal of lien claims on the grounds that workers did not construct an actual building and expands subcontractors’ rights namely, excavation contractors under the lien law.
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