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Legal Insights into Oil and Gas Infrastructure Projects and Additional Insureds in Property Damage Claims
March 12, 2018
Posted By: Esther Soria Mignanelli

An August 21, 2017 article in the The Legal Intelligencer, co-authored by Babst Calland Attorneys Dave White and Esther Soria Mignanelli, addresses the impacts of the new Pennsylvania Mechanics’ Lien State Construction Notices Directory on oil and gas(…)

Pennsylvania Superior Court Declares that Complaint to Enforce Mechanics’ Lien Claim May Be Filed at Same Docket Number as Mechanics’ Line Claim
October 16, 2013
Posted By: Marc J. Felezzola

On October 1, 2013, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued a precedential opinion holding that when determining whether to apply the 2007 Amendments to the Mechanics’ Lien Law, the key date is the date upon which the lien is filed, and not the dates o(…)

Mechanics’ Liens: Good News for Contractors; Bad News for Construction Lenders
February 25, 2013
Posted By: D. Matthew Jameson III

In Commerce Bank/Harrisburg v. Kessler, 46 A.3d 724 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2012), the Superior Court held that a bank’s mortgage is not entitled to “super-priority” under the Mechanics’ Lien law unless all of the proceeds from the mortgage “are used to pay a(…)

Mechanics’ Liens: Is a Move to the Ohio Model on the Way?
February 25, 2013
Posted By: D. Matthew Jameson III

Currently pending before the Pennsylvania Senate Labor and Industry Committee, House Bill No. 1602 (the “Bill”), if and when enacted, would add new notice requirements to the Lien Law. The majority of the Bill focuses on the creation of a new lien not(…)

Mechanics’ Liens: Labor Unions’ Right to File a Lien as a Subcontractor
February 25, 2013
Posted By: D. Matthew Jameson III

In Bricklayers of Western Pa. Comb. Funds, Inc. v. Scott’s Development Co., 41 A.3d 16 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2012), the Superior Court held that (1) the substantive provisions of the Lien Law (as opposed to its procedural provisions) must be liberally const(…)