-7- order to maintain the insurance required by the custom house contract. The workmanship in constructing the custom house was gener- ally poor. In addition, during construction of the custom house Mona Builders (1) used in certain structural components of that house materials that were inferior to those required by the custom house contract and (2) failed to install certain other required structural components. (We shall refer to the inferior and missing structural components as the structural defects of the custom house.) As a result of the structural defects of the custom house, the custom house was structurally unsound. On or about August 29, 2001, petitioner and Ms. Davis moved into the custom house. Thereafter, at the request of petitioner and Ms. Davis, Mona Builders continued to perform services in connection with finishing and repairing the custom house. On or about September 25, 2001, Mona Builders stopped work on the custom house. Sometime after petitioner and Ms. Davis moved into the custom house, petitioner discovered the structural defects of the custom house. In October 2001, Mona Builders commenced litigation in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Maryland Circuit Court) against petitioner and Ms. Davis with respect to the custom house (custom house litigation) in which it sought paymentPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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