Romero v. Parker

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

{1} Plaintiff Jessie Romero (Romero) appeals from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Defendants Robert Parker (Parker) and Sivad Enterprises, LLC (Sivad). We address whether the Construction Industries Licensing Act (the CILA), NMSA 1978, §§ 60-13-1 to -59 (1967, as amended through 2007), which precludes an unlicensed contractor from seeking compensation for construction work that can only be performed by a licensed contractor, also bars an unlicensed subcontractor from recovering compensation for construction work from the general contractor. We hold…