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Stop Payment Notices – An Intentional Decision or a Mistake? Golden State Boring & Pipe Jacking, Inc. v. Eastern Municipal Water District

Posted October 7, 2014Recent Cases

California 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.

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