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: Understanding Builder Rights

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.

South Carolina Supreme Court Ruling for Builders Warranty

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