E. J. De Paoli Co. v. Novus, Inc.

Defendants Novus, Inc., and Lansing Landings Shopping Center, Ltd. (defendants), bring this appeal seeking reversal of a trial court’s order denying their motion to dismiss plaintiff E. J. De Paoli Company’s (De Paoli’s) complaint. In its complaint, De Paoli seeks to foreclose on a mechanic’s lien that it had previously filed against the defendants for contractual work that De Paoli performed but allegedly has not been compensated for. The defendants asked the trial court to dismiss De Paoli’s complaint claiming that, under a contract executed between the parties, De Paoli was required to…