Legal Update: New Laws in Florida and Texas
Florida and Texas have signed new bills into effect recently. In both cases, the changes create new opportunities for home builders to reduce risk. Use
Builder Legal Updates
Resolving Home Defect Disputes in Texas Without the TRCCA
They say “Everything is bigger in Texas.” That is certainly true when it comes to the history of laws governing residential construction in the Lone
Structural Defect Laws in the Carolinas: Understand Builder Rights – Part II
Permits and new housing starts are up by double digits in the Carolinas compared to this time last year. Unfortunately, more homes could mean potentially
Structural Defect Laws in the Carolinas: Understand Builder Rights – Part I
Mountaintop cabins. Beach bungalows. Everyday suburban houses. Regardless of design, more people are calling the Carolinas home. New permits are up 18.3% with housing starts
Builders Should Brace for More Construction Defect Litigation
“It won’t happen to us.” The famous last words of home builders right before “it” happens: the catastrophic claim that wipes out profits, sucks up
If My Homeowners Take a Claim to Litigation, Arbitration is Not an Option – MYTH BUSTED
In our second MYTHBUSTERS: The Home Builder Edition, PWSC tackles the topic of enforcing an arbitration provision, even if a homeowner takes a claim to litigation.
In MD: General Contractors Owe Non-Delegable Duty of Care to Comply with Building Code
The Spring, 2018 issue of The Construction Lawyer, a Journal of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Construction Law, reports that the Maryland Court of
S.C. Supreme Court Enforces Broadly Worded Arbitration Provision in Builder’s Warranty
The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently made it clear that if a home warranty includes an arbitration provision, then all claims may be subject
Statute of Repose Trumps Warranty Period Says Arbitrator
A Florida builder recently arbitrated an interesting defense to a homeowner’s claim under the builder’s long term warranty. At the time the builder issued its
Verdict In: PWSC’s Home Builder’s Limited Warranty Arbitration Provision Takes Priority
If you are a builder constructing or a home buyer purchasing a home (such as a single-family home, condo, or townhouse) in a planned, covenanted