Legal Question in Business Law in California

non-payment

I am a subcontractor fo an Antique Dealer. Avery wealthy client contracted with this Dealer for the manufacture of TWO JEWELED versions of a pair of very rare Tiffany Lamps. She only wanted TWO. The Dealer approached me with a contract for SIX. I spent eighteen Months in the process of perfecting the necessary process to manufacture the SIX Lamps, only to find out that there were only TWO ordered. The client, feeling cheated, canceled the order, and wants all the amterial and finished work returned. I have not been compensated for my work, nor my eighteen months of experimentation and invention of the process that produced the work. What legal remidies are available to me, and how do I pursue them? Can this be done on a contingency basis?


Asked on 9/07/08, 7:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Re: non-payment

You can always consider suing. You'll have to be able to demonstrate what the terms of your agreement were with the dealer. You did have a written agreement, right? Whether you are entitled to 18 months of time will be determined by your agreement, by a 'reasonable' interpretation.

Depends upon the strength of your case whether some form of contingency is possible. Feel free to contact me if serious about pursuing this.

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Answered on 9/08/08, 2:58 pm


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