Stop Payment Notices – An Intentional Decision or a Mistake? Golden State Boring & Pipe Jacking, Inc. v. Eastern Municipal Water District
Posted October 7, 2014 • Recent CasesCalifornia Civil Code sections 9356 and 9558 and the courts interpreting them have always permitted a rightful claimant to file a proper Stop Notice at any time during the project so long as all other administrative and legal procedures have been satisfied. Recently, however, the California Court of Appeals in a case titled Golden State Boring & Pipe Jacking, Inc. v. Eastern Municipal Water District tossed a sizeable rock into the proverbial calm pond – and, predictably, the waves are starting to hit shore.