Mealey's (May 22, 2023, 4:26 PM EDT) -- LAS VEGAS — A painting contractor and the homeowners association (HOA) to which the contractor assigned its claims after an arbitrator found that the contractor’s work was defective and awarded damages to the HOA have appealed to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a Nevada federal judge’s rulings granting judgment on the pleadings to the contractor’s insurer in its declaratory judgment action against them and dismissing their counterclaims against the insurer....