CT Home Improvement Act dispute
Oct 30, 2018OUTCOME: Success
My client, a home improvement contractor, failed to include several key terms in his contract with a homeowner. The homeowner, relying on the CT Home Improvement Act, refused to pay the remaining bala ... nce owed on the contract under the theory that the missing terms rendered the contract unenforceable. While the CT Home Improvement Act does state a contract is unenforceable if certain terms are missing, there is a "bad faith" exception that courts have imposed when the homeowner attempts to rely on the CT Home Improvement Act in bad faith. Fortunately for my client, evidence existed demonstrating that the homeowner was acting in bad faith in relying on the CT Home Improvement Act to not pay what was owed under the contract, and the homeowner was ordered to pay the balance.
