Well Done Heating & Sheet Metal Co. v. Ralph Schwartz & Associates

PRESIDING JUSTICE ROMITI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant was a contractor on a construction project for appellee, the owner of the property. After the work was completed a subcontractor filed suit to foreclose its mechanics’ lien. Although appellant was joined as a defendant in the action, it did not file a counterclaim to foreclose its own lien until well after two years from the date of completion of the project. Accordingly appellee successfully moved to have appellant’s lien expunged. The trial court also denied appellant’s motion to amend its complaint to add a counterclaim…