Wash. Court Upholds Validity of Arbitration Agreement

SEATTLE - An intermediate Washington state court has vacated a trial court order denying a homebuilder's motion to compel arbitration of claims by buyers, rejecting the buyers' argument that the agreement was unconscionable. Townsend, et al. v. The Quadrant Corp., et al., No. 62700-7-1 (Wash. Ct. App., Div. 1).

The Court of Appeals, Division One, on Dec. 28 reversed the trial court decision and ordered the lower court to send the case to arbitration.

Plaintiffs are four families who purchased homes from Quadrant Corp. and parent corporations, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co. and Weyerhaeuser Corp., alleging that numerous construction defects have …