CONTRACTOR’S SWORN STATEMENT WAS NOT ASSURANCE OF SUBCONTRACTOR PAYMENT
publication date: Jun 15, 2009
An owner issues a progress payment after receiving the contractor’s sworn statement, but the contractor never divvies up payments to its subcontractors. The sworn statement cannot protect the owner from a mechanic’s lien filed by the subs, says the Illinois Supreme Court.
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