Pennsylvania Panel Finds Subsequent Homebuyers’ Claims Not Subject To Arbitration

(August 26, 2019, 2:20 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa.  — A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel on Aug. 21 found that 30 subsequent buyers of homes built by Toll Brothers Inc. are not required to arbitrate their claims over damages caused by water intrusion, holding that buyers are not subject to an arbitration provision in a limited warranty provided by the builder because they did not sign an acknowledgment and assignment form that transferred the warranty to them (Daniel Porter, et al. v. Toll Brothers Inc., et al., No. 894 EDA 2018, Pa. Super., 2019 Pa. Super. LEXIS 829)....