Blair Excavators, Inc. v. Paschen Contractors, Inc.

Opinion

PETERSON, J. *

This appeal follows a trial to the court on public project bond claims concerning unpaid construction bills, after a subcontractor’s 90-day preliminary bond notice and a 20-day preliminary stop notice under Civil Code 1 sections 3091 and 3098. In the published portion of this opinion, we will hold, in affirming the judgment, that the statutory requirement of “substantial accuracy” in the statement of the amount claimed in a bond notice under section 3091 was designed to avoid prejudice to the party claimed against and that, in the absence of any such prejudice, a…