Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jul. 12, 2007
Business, Private Life Collide in Luxury-Home Mediations
Forum Column - By Matthew W. Argue - Mediation that touches on an issue as sensitive as your home requires concessions in the attitudes of both homeowners and contractors.
By Matthew W. Argue
My first experience with luxury-home construction-defect mediation was in 1991 in the case of Seidman v. Dover. The home sold for $1.7 million, and the plaintiffs estimated that the cost of repair was $1.2 million plus fraud damages. Seidman, along with other luxury-home cases I have handled, demonstrates some important considerations that are involved in the mediation of a luxury...
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