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Bifurcated Trial Victory

Recently, in Phase 1 of a bifurcated bench trial, partner, Mark Collinsworth, obtained a verdict finding that the firm’s client, an asphalt manufacturer, qualified as a “subcontractor” under California’s prompt payment statute (Public Contracts Code 10262.5).  Given the amounts at issue in this case, the additional interest (over and above the contractual interest of 1.5%…