Claim Time-Barred for ‘Necessary Party’ 
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Published: November 5, 2012
Tags: Contract, Judge Burke McCahill, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
A subcontractor who sued the general contractor for failure to pay and the surety on the general contractor’s bond should name the general contractor as a necessary party to the suit on the bond, but the surety’s demurrer is sustained because the sub is time-barred from amending its complaint to add the general contractor as ...
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