HORTON v. VERHELLE

Docket No. 198929.

588 N.W.2d 144 (1998)

231 Mich. App. 667

Randy HORTON, d/b/a D.R. Siding, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellee, v. Richard VERHELLE and Lois Verhelle, jointly and severally, Daniel Hughes, d/b/a Cor-al Construction, Rbk Corporation, Clark Foundation Co., Williams Carpets Inc., Chas, E. Woods Construction Co., Darling Builders Supply Co., Roger D. Hunnicutt, an individual, Simon Insulation, Inc., Hunnicutt Plumbing And Heating, Rahar Painting, Inc., RS & B Wall Systems, Inc., Williams Distributing Co., David J. Orrison, Inc., Hart Well Drilling Company, Southwell Builders, Inc., Baum-hogle Excavating, Inc., and Stahl and Sons, Inc., Defendant/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Michigan Homeowner Construction Lien Recovery Fund, Defendant/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and RBK Corporation, Clark Foundation Co., Williams Carpets Inc., Chas. E. Woods Construction Co., Darling Builders Supply Co., Roger D. Hunnicutt, Harry Hunnicutt d/b/a Hunnicutt Plumbing & Heating, and Stahl and Sons, Inc., Cross-Plaintiffs/Appellees/Cross-Appellant, v. Richard Verhelle, and Individual, Lois Verhelle, an Individual, Daniel Hughes, an Individual, Coral Construction, Randy Horton d/b/a D.R. Siding, Simon Insulation, Inc., Rahar Painting, Inc., RS & B Wall Systems, Inc., Walter Redvict Jr., an Individual, Victor Garmyn & Sons, Inc., Baum-hogle Excavating, Inc., Williams Distributing Co., David J. Orrison, Inc., Hart Well Drilling Company, and Southwell Builder, Inc., Cross-Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellees, and Michigan Homeowner Construction Lien Recovery Fund, Cross-Defendant/Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 29, 1998 at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication December 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Williams, Eaton Rapids, for Richard and Lois Verhelle.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and R. Francis Rose, Assistant Attorney General, for Homeowner Construction Lien Recovery Fund.

Oade, Stroud & Kleiman, P.C. (by Ted W. Stroud), East Lansing, for RBK Corporation and others.

Marcoux, Allen, Abbott, Schomer & Bower, P.C. (by Robert T. Kendall, III, and Richard C. Lindsey, Jr.), Jackson, for Hart Well Drilling Co.

Frank J. DeLuca, Lansing, for Victor Garmyn & Sons, Inc.

Before: WHITE, P.J., and SAAD and MARKEY, JJ.


SAAD, J.

In this construction lien case, defendant Michigan Homeowner Construction Lien Recovery Fund appeals as of right and defendants RBK Corporation, Clark Foundation Company, Darling Builders Supply Co., Roger D. Hunnicutt, Hunnicutt Plumbing & Heating, and Stahl & Sons, Inc., (RBK et al.) cross appeal from a judgment disposing of the various parties' claims pursuant to motions for summary disposition. The principal issue in this case is whether defendant...

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