It’s All a Matter of [Statutory] Construction: Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets the Good Faith Dispute Exception to Prompt Payment Requirements in United Riggers & Erectors, Inc. v. Coast Iron & Steel Co.
Construction and Infrastructure Law
MAY 16, 2018
Looking at those prompt payment provisions and their corresponding exceptions, the Court noted that some were drafted “using language that plainly limits withholding to circumstances in which the dispute relates to the specific payment amount or payment at issue[,]” but that the Legislature was inconsistent in its statutory language.
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