{"id":901043,"date":"2023-04-11T15:15:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=901043"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:15:14","slug":"construction-lien-what-did-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/construction-lien-what-did-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Litigation Roundup: \u201cWhat Did You Know\u2026 and When?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Daniel Lund III | Phelps Dunbar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did you know\u2026 and when? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parties typically get one bite at the apple in court on a particular \u201ctransaction\u201d or \u201coccurrence.\u201d Principles of res judicata \u2013 the idea that a matter has been adjudicated and cannot be re-litigated \u2013 compel parties to bring related claims in a single proceeding or be barred from doing so down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A most peculiar set of circumstances was presented to courts in Louisiana, wherein a plaintiff sought removal of a construction lien<\/a> from a project. As it turned out, the same plaintiff had earlier filed suit to have the lien canceled but was unsuccessful. The plaintiff\u2019s second bid to have the lien dismissed met with favor by the court despite the lien holder\u2019s res judicata defense. The lien was dismissed, and the lien holder appealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, before the matter was completely handled on appeal, the lien holder requested that the Court of Appeal dismiss the appeal and remand the matter back to the trial court \u2013 on the basis that the lien holder had itself newly discovered that, in fact, the plaintiff was at the time of its first unsuccessful suit aware of \u201call of the facts alleged in [the present] lawsuit and the claim it has asserted in the Second Lien Removal Suit\u201d \u2013 additional grounds supporting res judicata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal agreed, dismissing the appeal, vacating the trial court\u2019s judgment, and remanding the matter back to the trial court: \u201cAn appellate court’s authority to remand a case to the trial court for the consideration of additional evidence, when necessary to reach a just decision and to prevent a miscarriage of justice, is conferred by La. C.C.P. art. 2164 [\u201cThe appellate court shall render any judgment which is just, legal, and proper upon the record on appeal.\u201d]. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cApplying these principles here, we find\u2014in light of the purported new evidence\u2014that this matter must be remanded for consideration of whether that evidence is relevant in resolving the res judicata issue. In so doing, we acknowledge that, as a court of record, we cannot consider the purported newly discovered evidence; it is not properly before us. Nonetheless, to prevent a potential miscarriage of justice from the failure to consider such 2 evidence, we find the appropriate remedy is to remand. To do so, we must vacate the trial court’s judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

225 Baronne Complex v. Roy Anderson Corp., 2022-0793 (La. App. 4 Cir. 03\/24\/23); 2023 La. App. LEXIS 476\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes – please call Advise & Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel Lund III | Phelps Dunbar What did you know\u2026 and when?  Parties typically get one bite at the apple in court on a particular \u201ctransaction\u201d or \u201coccurrence.\u201d Principles of res judicata \u2013 the idea that a matter has been adjudicated and cannot be re-litigated \u2013 compel parties to bring related claims in a single… Continue reading Construction Litigation Roundup: \u201cWhat Did You Know\u2026 and When?\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10772],"tags":[9895,184],"class_list":["post-901043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mechanics-lien-law","tag-advise-consult","tag-mechanics-lien-law","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nConstruction Litigation Roundup: \u201cWhat Did You Know\u2026 and When?\u201d - 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