Please join Davis House with Anderson, Crawley & Burke, on August 24 for a discussion of the Mississippi Supreme Court’s opinion in Hillhouse v. Chris Cook Construction, LLC, which reversed a trial court’s order compelling arbitration on the basis that Mississippi’s Construction Arbitration Statutes could not be used to rewrite or reform an unenforceable arbitration agreement. We will hear from the attorney for the Appellants in Hillhouse and topics will include the limits on Mississippi’s “policy favoring arbitration,” how specific language used in a contract affects the application of the Construction Arbitration Statutes’ gap-filling provisions, and the impact of this decision on arbitration agreements in construction contracts and contract interpretation in general. 

Davis House is an attorney with the Mississippi law firm, Anderson Crawley & Burke, PLLC. He is licensed to practice law in both Mississippi and Louisiana, and his practice includes general civil litigation matters with an emphasis on the areas of tort claim defense, construction defect and liability claims, business disputes, and insurance defense. Davis has also developed a deep knowledge of the law governing construction liens and payment actions. In addition to litigating cases in numerous state and federal courts, Davis has spearheaded several successful appeals and argued in front of the Mississippi Supreme Court.