Managing Partner Brian Plante and Nichole Wong obtained an unqualified victory for their homebuilder client after a two week binding arbitration. The case was initiated by a framing contractor that claimed amounts due and owing under its contract. The homebuilder had identified errors with the framing work, corrected those errors, and back charged the framing contractor for repair costs incurred. The arbitrator found in favor of the homebuilder on the framing contractor’s claims for non-payment. The arbitrator also found in favor of the homebuilder on its cross-claims for damages caused by the framing contractor’s defective work, including 100% of all claimed repair costs, delay damages, and pre-judgment interest. As the prevailing party, the Firm’s homebuilder client was awarded its attorneys’ fees, expert costs, and arbitration costs, resulting a judgment against the framing contractor in excess of $700,000.
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