Nick Weiss opened his practice after years of practicing civil litigation and in-house counsel experience. A transplant from Maine, he now represents families, individuals, and businesses, throughout northeast Ohio. He is proud to have been AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell in 2020, and was selected as one of the exclusive Super Lawyers Rising Stars for 2022. More...
Your rights are going to depend on the state you are in. In Ohio, where I practice, you would likely have causes of action under Ohio's Consumer Sales Practices Act, which could potentially award triple damages plus attorney fees for the poor workmanship. See More...
Yes it would. You cannot manufacture a last date of work by showing up months later.
As a practical matter, however, these kinds of nuisance liens are best handled not by filing a lawsuit to remove the fraudulent lien, but by filing a nSee More...See More...
Your lien rights begin to run after your last day of work or supplying materials. You have 60 days in Ohio for a residential project and 75 days for a commercial project. In general, negotiations between yourself and the customer/insurance do not count as "work performed" and so the timeline would not begin to run. If you have not performed any actual work, that is services on the property itself, then you are not eligible to file for a mechanic's lieSee More...See More...