Pacific Caisson & Shoring, Inc. v. Bernards Bros.

Opinion

ALDRICH, J.

INTRODUCTION

Subcontractor Pacific Caisson & Shoring, Inc. (Pacific), sued its general contractor Bernards Bros. Inc. (Bernards) seeking payment for work performed under Pacific’s subcontract. The trial court granted Bernards’s motion for judgment, ruling, because Pacific did not maintain a class C-12 specialty license, that it was not “a duly licensed contractor” and was hence not entitled to bring its action. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7031, subd. (a).)1 Pacific appeals.

We hold that Pacific was duly licensed because it held a class A general engineering contractor’s license when…