by Kent Holland | Dec 21, 2021 | Newsletter Article
In an interesting court decision enforcing an arbitration award, the Court of Appeals of Washington, D.C. affirmed a three person arbitration panel’s decision in favor of a contractor against a subcontractor and rejected the subcontractor’s argument that the decision...
by Kent Holland | Nov 23, 2021 | Newsletter Article
A contract between a homeowner and contractor set forth dispute resolution procedures calling for any dispute to be submitted to an Independent Decision Maker within twenty-one days of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the claim. Receipt of an IDM decision...
by Kent Holland | Nov 8, 2021 | Newsletter Article
In an interesting case that went on for many years, a homeowner obtained judgment against an individual who claimed only his corporate entity should have been subject to arbitration. The primary reason this occurred is that the homeowner suit named as the defendant,...
by Kent Holland | Sep 25, 2020 | Newsletter Article
A design-builder brought an arbitration action against its engineering subconsultant after the expiration of the statute of limitations. The engineer filed suit to stay the arbitration – arguing that the issues in dispute (concerning pre-bid quantify estimates) arose...
by Kent Holland | Aug 2, 2019 | Newsletter Article
Subcontractor sought to litigate claims against a prime contractor instead of arbitrating them as called for by the disputes clause of the subcontract. It argued that the disputes clause of the incorporated by reference prime agreement specified litigation of claims....
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