N.C. Appellate Panel Asks Lower Court to Reconsider Arbitration Issue

RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina's Court of Appeals on Jan. 3 declined to rule on the issue of a plaintiff's standing to bring suit against a building contractor, but ordered the lower court to reconsider the issue of whether plaintiff's claims are subject to an arbitration agreement. Pineville Forest Homeowners Association v. Portrait Homes Construction Co., No. 04 CVS 14862 (N.C. Ct. App.).

Pineville Forest Homeowners Association sued Portrait Homes Construction in Mecklenburg County (N.C.) Superior Court on Sept. 9, 2004, alleging that common areas in the 123-unit attached-home community suffered mold and pest infestation as the result of water …