Contract – Construction – Arbitration – Nonsignatory

By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 14, 2009

Homeowners who signed a contract with a now-defunct corporation must arbitrate their claims against the defendant husband-and-wife owners of the corporation, even though defendant owners did not sign the contract, a Fairfax Circuit Court says in a case of apparent first impression.
Comer v. Goudie (Fairfax Cir.Ct.) (VLW 009-8-007) (3 pp.)