US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinions 84 Lumber Co. v. Continental Casualty Co. Docket: 18-30170 Opinion Date: January 24, 2019 Judge: Jacques Loeb Wiener, Jr. Areas of Law: Civil Procedure Neither sending notice by email nor sending it to a general contractor's lawyer satisfies LA. REV. STAT. 2247's unambiguous requirements that (1) notice be sent by registered or certified mail (2) to the general contractor at any place in Louisiana that it maintains an office. In this case, 84 Lumber filed two sworn statements of claim under the Louisiana Public Works Act (LPWA), alleging that Paschen and J & A failed to pay for its work on those projects. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment and held that 84 Lumber's notice did not comply with the LPWA's notice requirements, and that the evidence established only that the notice was sent but did not establish that it was received. Read Opinion
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