Faulty Constuction Too Bad:

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR UTAH REPRESENTATIVE AND TELL THEM TO VOTE NO ON SB220!!!

Buying a new home can be a dream come true. Or it can be a nightmare.
Shoddy construction, defective materials and negligence on the part of contractors, developers, engineers and architects can turn the biggest purchase of a person's life into the biggest fiasco.
When that happens, and home builders refuse to effect repairs, the only recourse is filing a lawsuit. And that option may become a lot more limited for victims of negligent home construction and design in Utah.
The Utah Home Builders Support Society, doing business as the Utah Legislature, is taking steps to ensure that, for some unfortunate home buyers, the nightmare never ends, and the fiasco keeps on growing.
Senate Bill 220, titled "Cause of Action for Defective Construction," aka the Negligence is A-OK Act, would limit the ability of homeowners to sue for negligence. Lawsuits would be largely limited to breach of contract actions.
To understand the ludicrousness of it all, consider this: To be negligent, according to the Webster's New World College Dictionary, is to be "careless, lax, inattentive or indifferent." And if you're careless, lax, inattentive and indifferent in the construction of a home that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, a home where buyers will spend the majority of their time for the rest of their lives, you should be held accountable.

This anti-consumer legislation, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, and Rep. Stephen Urquhart, R-St. George, has been approved by the Senate and awaits action in the House.
Backed by industry trade groups, the measure is designed to combat what they define as frivolous lawsuits, another ridiculous concept. People with persistent problems that home builders refuse to rectify don't sue for the fun of it. They sue out of frustration and desperation, trying to protect the biggest investment of their lives.
Plus, the bill would limit the right to file lawsuits to the initial buyer, eliminating any recourse against the contractor, architect, engineer or developer after a home is resold.
It's a law designed to protect hit-and-run builders at the expense of regular folks, the ones who do all the working and tax-paying and voting in this state. That's something the House members should keep in mind when they consider this misguided bill.
People with persistent problems that home builders refuse to rectify don't sue for the fun of it. They sue out of frustration and desperation, trying to protect the biggest investment of their lives.