Southeast Construction, L.L.C. v. War Construction, Inc.

Summary

The court held that the law-of-the-case doctrine barred Southeast from relitigating whether its payment obligation had expired because WAR failed to provide the required releases by the original deadline. The court affirmed the enforcement procedure requiring an escrowed exchange of payment for WAR's lien release, but held that WAR had not fully satisfied the judgment because the Heritage Masonry claim remained unreleased or unsecured. The court therefore affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings. Justices Murdock and Shaw, concurring in part and dissenting in part, would also have found the Premier documents insufficient to release Premier's claims against Southeast.