California Court of Appeal

In an action for breach of contract, negligence, fraud, and violations of California's licensure requirements, trial court judgment is modified and affirmed where: 1) the court properly granted plaintiffs' motion for a directed verdict on their Business and Professions Code sec. 7031 claim for reimbursement of the compensation paid for the unlicensed work as the corporation that acted as the building contractor on the project violated California's licensure requirements; and 2) the reference in Business and Professions Code sec. 7031 to the recovery of all compensation paid an unlicensed contractor means the unlicensed contractor cannot reduce the recovery authorized by asserting claims of offset, indemnity, or contribution arising out of the unlicensed work.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/29/2009
• Published 07/29/2009

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ana M. Soares, Pine Mountain Club, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Defendants and Respondents.