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19Dec

Contractor Loses Effort to Bind Remote Home Purchaser to Arbitration Clause

On December 8, 2020, in Taylor Morrison of Texas, Inc. v. Kohlmeyer, a Texas Court of Appeals rejected a contractor’s appeal of a trial court order denying the contractor’s motion to compel arbitration in a home construction defect dispute. The appellate court concluded that the theories of direct benefits estoppel and implied assumptions did not permit the contractor to bind a subsequent purchaser to mandatory arbitration required under the original purchase agreement......
By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/contractor-loses-effort-to-bind-remote-75922/

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