-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 payment
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
Last modified: May 25, 2011