Tom Hanks Loses Home Construction Lawsuit
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been in a dispute with Ketchum, Idaho based Storey Construction, Inc. over the construction of their Sun Valley, Idaho home. Hanks and his wife were ordered to pay $1.85M to the firm in 2004, but filed a request for arbitration, alleging latent defects. After the first request for arbitration was rejected, a second request was filed in December of 2007. That request has now been rejected as well and attorneys from the construction company will seek attorney fees and other damages as a result.
“A Blaine County judge has rejected Tom Hanks’ second request for arbitration over what the actor says was $2.5 million in faulty workmanship by the construction company that built his sprawling compound north of this central Idaho resort town.
“Following the decision, a lawyer for the construction company said it will seek monetary damages from Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, for what it alleges was “abuse of process” for filing the second arbitration request.”
27 June 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, General, Litigation | Comments
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