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Re: construction Arbitration Services
Posted by Joe Keller on 5/12/08

    We just received a letter informing us we lost our abitration case against the seller of the
    home we bought in December. To sum things up we had to replace the main sewer line of
    our home after realizing a major plumbing problem the second night we were in the house.
    The arbitrator, Joanne Lewellyn, said the seller wasn't liable because the first plumber we had
    over could've damaged our sewer line. This is laughable since we wouldn't have needed a
    plumber over if our sewer line wasn't cracked and damaged. He figured it out with a camera
    and attempted, unsuccessfully to unclog the line. He then determined that the whole line had
    to be repaired and we had a second plumber do the work. The seller didn't show up to the
    hearing sending his daughter instead. While I had my plumber and real estate agent there as
    witnesses. Our plumber, who wasn't being paid for being there, told this idiot arbitrator that
    the house was unlivable when we moved in because of the plumbing problem. He said it was
    a problem that occured well before we moved in. This CAS is full of crooks. So, now I am out
    thousands of dollars plus the amount take the case to arbitration. I wish I would'v come acros
    this chatboard before this process started, then I would've known how awful CAS is.


    On 1/18/08, CR wrote:
    > Lippman and Wolff, former partners in CAS, are suing each other over
    > some dispute. One of them wants to arbitrate, the other doesn't,
    > which is hilarious: http://www.5thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/cgi-
    > bin/as_web.exe?c05_07.ask+D+10304880
    >
    > Some of the warranty co's who formerly mandated CAS only, are now
    > adding a name or two of other firms. Not sure the other choices are
    > any better but maybe it shows that the cat is out of the bag about
    > CAS and now they're unable to force it as easily. Some people have
    > gotten out of arbitration with CAS, one in WI, one in LA, that I
    > know of, because of the ridiculously biased and crooked sounding
    > history of CAS, Lippman and his disbarment, etc.

     
     

 
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