Michael Lowry (Partner-Las Vegas) and Jonathan Pattillo (Associate-Las Vegas) obtained a defense judgment from a Las Vegas court after a bench trial in Las Vegas. The trial involved a retailer that hired a building services vendor that in turn hired a subcontractor to provide HVAC services to Las Vegas properties. The subcontractor performed the services and billed the vendor. The vendor was paid by the retailer, but then did not pay the subcontractor. The vendor's business collapsed, disappeared and was not a party at trial. The trial was about whether the retailer should be forced to pay twice for the subcontractor's work. Under Nevada mechanic's lien law that would be the result, but the subcontractor admittedly never recorded a mechanic's lien. The subcontractor instead argued either the retailer was bound by the vendor's contract or was alternatively unjustly enriched. Weeks after the bench trial, the Eighth Judicial District Court entered judgment for the retailer. It concluded there was no contract binding the retailer to the subcontractor. It also concluded there was no unjust enrichment under these circumstances because the subcontractor's payment rights were restricted under its contract with the vendor.