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Roofing contractor sued by worker prevails on issue of attorney’s fees

While associate attorney Tony Pagán Jr. was helping our roofing-contractor client, who was sued by a worker for payment, he completed his first trial yesterday! Our client, a roofing contractor, was sued by worker for payment. Our client had held the worker’s payment because the worker had caused damage, which our client was still assessing. The worker argued he was an “employee”…

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Does a Contract Have to Be in Writing?

It is a question often misunderstood: Does a contract have to be in writing? The answer, most of the time, is no.  But sometimes, yes. A contract, by its very nature, does not require a piece of paper.  It requires (1) an offer, which can be made orally, (2) acceptance of that offer,  (3) consideration,…

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