Read GRIFFIN & CO. v. BEACH CLUB, 03-2177, 03-2178, 03-2179

In an action over construction defects to a condominium, plaintiff-general contractor's motion to compel arbitration is denied where plaintiff is not a third-party beneficiary of the master deed and, consequently, is not entitled to invoke the arbitration clause in the construction contract.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/16/2004
• Published 09/16/2004

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:David Lamar Little, Jr., Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Rock Hill, South Carolina, for Appellant.  John Patrick Henry, Thompson & Henry, Conway, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Scott W. Gaylord, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Rock Hill, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Emma Ruth Brittain, Thompson & Henry, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for Appellees.