- Mechanics liens, with their many specific requirements, provide powerful leverage for contractors, landscapers, home builders and others seeking to get paid for the work they’ve provided. Goldman & Pease knows that time is of the essence, that the laws of mechanics liens are exacting, and we regularly obtains that leverage to help our clients collect outstanding monies due on contracts involving work on properties. Recently we liened a multifamily property which had obtained sizable insurance recovery money from the 2018 Merrimack Valley Columbia Gas explosion, after the property owner then refused to pay the local contractors who worked to repair the property. The lien provided necessary leverage to bring the parties to settlement for payment.
Stop the Shortcut: How Goldman & Pease, LLC Uses M.G.L. c. 187 § 3 to Shut Down Future Easement Claims
Protecting Massachusetts Property Owners Before Informal Use Becomes a Legal Right At Goldman & Pease, LLC, we routinely advise Massachusetts landowners who are surprised to learn that long-standing “neighborly access” can evolve into a legally enforceable easement. Under Massachusetts
