Kansas Panel: Arbitrator Will Decide If Claims Arise From Construction Defects

(September 19, 2023, 9:29 AM EDT) -- TOPEKA, Kan. — It is unclear whether an arbitration provision in a new home construction contract requires a homeowning couple’s claims against the homebuilder to be arbitrated because the contract was never entered into the record, a Kansas appellate panel found in affirming a trial court’s decision to grant the builder’s motion to compel arbitration....