Who Sue who?

Thanks, jy101,  could you please give me a more detail information: in your reply, you mentioned sue,  who sue who.

Is subcontractor to to sue general contractor and win, then he will put a lien?

or Subcontractor to sue me and win, then he will put a lien in my house?

In this case, the subcontractor will win?  assum if they win and put a lien on my house, then is it only affect when I sell my house? 

The total 38K is for 4 subcontractor,  Two of subcontractors have called and one is mentioned to put a lien, then other mentioned to me that if they are not able to receive money from general contractor in 6 months, then they will put a lien and finally they are able to foreclosure my house, which I think it is wield to foreclose a big house for only 10K.

Anyway, thanks for your explaining....