Home Inspector Attorney Fees Clauses and Their Value
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I am in my twenty-fifth year of practicing law, the last five of which have been heavily concentrated on the representation of home inspectors. Over the years, close to 1500 inspectors have attended my home inspector training at the Law and Disorder Seminar, which itself has undergone major revisions as I have continued to develop defense strategies and techniques in response to the large volume of claims that home inspectors are continually asking me to help neutralize.
My experience handling claims against home inspectors has caused me to completely reverse my position respecting provisions in Inspection Contracts that call for the prevailing party in disputes arising from the home inspection to be awarded its attorneys fees. The so-called American Rule is that each party to litigation is responsible for its own attorneys fees. The British Rule is that the prevailing party is awarded its attorneys fees.
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