February 19, 2007

ASSIGNMENT OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS DID NOT ALTER CONTRACTOR’S STATUS

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

State licensing requirements supersede an unlicensed contractor’s argument that the project owner knew of its unlicensed status at the onset of the contract in a Hurricane Katrina rehabilitation project. Further, the owner’s initial agreement to assign insurance payouts to the contractor as project payment did not change the contractor’s status to project owner.

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