R4 Constructors v. Inbalance Yoga
Dec 24, 2020OUTCOME: Victory in favor of Heideman & Associates client - trial verdict was reversed and remanded
Heideman & Associates was hired to file and prosecute an appeal of a verdict against our client InBalance Yoga, Corp. We were successful in obtaining a reversal of the judgment as well as the award of ... attorney's fees. Specifically, the court held that the nonrecovery provision of Utah Code § 58-55-604 (which limits a non-licensed contractor’s ability to sue) 1) creates an affirmative obligation whereby the contractor must plead and prove his contractor status; which obligation is not a waivable affirmative defense; and 2) allows unlicensed contractors to sue if they are out of compliance with the statute; but only if they can demonstrate the common-law exception to the statute applies.