Suppose you're working on your customer's
deck when you shoot yourself
in the foot with your nail gun, and you
can't finish the job. Or suppose you
put on an addition with trim that's
supposed to match the existing trim to
your customer's satisfaction, but it
doesn't. In cases like these, are you
totally out of luck for the time and
money you put into the job?
Let's start by talking about what you
are not entitled to. To begin with,
you can't successfully get a mechanic's
lien when the plain facts are that you
didn't finish the job or didn't do it the
way you agreed to do it.
Nor can you sue the customer