Ed Lally & Associates, Inc. v. DSBNC, LLC — 9/9/2013

The defendants…appeal from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the plaintiff…following a court trial, for the foreclosure of two mechanic’s liens, breach of contract and quantum meruit. On appeal, the defendants claim that the trial court (1) did not have subject matter jurisdiction to find in favor of the plaintiff on the foreclosure of its mechanic’s liens because the mechanic’s liens were invalid, (2) improperly found that the plaintiff had proven damages on the breach of contract count, (3) improperly found in favor of the plaintiff on the quantum meruit count because the court previously had found in favor of the plaintiff on the breach of contract count, (4) erred in its rulings on the defendants’ amendments to their answer, special defenses and counterclaim, and (5) improperly ruled that evidence of the plaintiff’s ethical violations was not relevant. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.