LCBF successfully defends professional in AAA arbitration

On June 16, 2022, an arbitrator from the American Arbitration Association issued an award in favor of our client, a licensed home inspector, following a four-day virtual arbitration. Claimants alleged that our client’s home inspection report failed to disclose significant observable deficiencies with the house. As a result, they allegedly lost the opportunity to back out of the contract or, alternatively, that they suffered extensive repair/replacement damages.  

Claimants testified during arbitration along with a liability expert and three damages witnesses (licensed engineer and architect, siding and roofing contractor and general contractor). LCBF successfully rebutted claimants’ allegations through cross-examination of these witnesses, which revealed credibility issues and misplaced reliance on inaccurate information to form their opinions.

The arbitration award found that claimants failed to prove our client was negligent and denied claimants’ alleged damages. The LCBF team was headed by Joseph Tomaino and Fabiola Vieites.