QUESTION
Collecting for work done, as a Subcontractor.
Asked on Nov 19th, 2014 on Business Law - California
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I was subcontracted, by a North Carolina Based Company, to do work, at various other companies, in the Los Angeles. I did not get paid within the time agreed to. I tried to call and email, with no response. Then I researched and was told by a third party, that the Company went Bankrupt. Can I sue the Company that benefited, from my work? Though they say they paid the company who contracted me.
1 ANSWER
You can sue, but unless the law of California is different from the law of the states in which I practice, you will not win. You contracted to be paid by the NC company, not the L.A. company. It is not the L.A. company's responsibility if the NC company breached its contract with you. You say the L.A. company benefitted from your work, but it paid a contracted for price for that work to the NC company. There is no basis to make it pay twice. It is the NC company which benefitted from your work, having been paid for it and not paying you.
Answered on Nov 19th, 2014 at 9:05 AM