Opinion ID: 779643
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Reduction of Amounts Claimed for Lawn Maintenance.

Text: 72 JMG argues that the Board erred in reducing the amount it was owed under several unpaid invoices to account for improperly performed and otherwise incomplete lawn maintenance. Specifically, JMG argues that it was inappropriate for the Board to disregard invoices submitted without the original subcontractor invoice and that it was inappropriate to reduce submitted invoices on the basis of HUD inspection reports. These arguments are without merit. 73 As the trier of fact, the Board was entitled to weigh the evidence before it in determining the contract work that had been completed and for which JMG had not received payment. The Board concluded that the naked invoice submissions, without an actual sub-contractor submission in support, were insufficient evidence that any landscaping work was performed. See Johnson I, 99-2 BCA at 150,710. This credibility determination was well within the discretion of the Board. Further, the Board was entitled to rely on HUD inspection reports as evidence of the extent to which lawn maintenance services were properly performed. We uphold the Board's determinations as to the amounts owed to JMG on its submitted invoices.