Sangal v. Strickfaden (In Re Strickfaden)

Opinion

STEVEN RHODES, Bankruptcy Judge.

I. Introduction

On April 29, 2002, Dr. R. Bart Sangal and his wife Joanne Sangal entered into a contract with Matthew G. Strickfaden & Associates (MGS), for the company to act as general contractor and project manager for the construction of the Sangals’ home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The Debt- or, Matthew G. Strickfaden was the principal for MGS and signed the contract as the agent for the company.

From early on, the relationship between the parties did not go smoothly. Strickfa-den asserts that the Sangals did not fund billing requests in a timely…