A California appellate court ruled that a subcontractor’s failure to secure workers’ compensation insurance coverage for its employees was fatal to its claim for additional payment for its work.
Case: B.A. Retro v. D.L. Falk Construction, No. A152382, 10/16/2018, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: In 2013, the Contra Costa Sanitary District hired D.L. Falk Construction as the general contractor for a construction project. Falk hired B.A. Retro as a subcontractor.
Retro spent three months working on the project and billed Falk $660,409.19. Falk paid Retro $440,447.27...
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