U.K. Construction & Management, LLC v. Gore

Appellant, U.K. Construction & Management, LLC (“U.K. Construction”), entered into a home improvement contract (“Contract”) with appellee, Patricia Gore, on August 10, 2007, for the renovation of a property owned by Gore at 2200 Brookfield Road, Baltimore, Maryland. Gore refused to pay U.K. Construction the final installment payment, alleging that several items on the punch list still needed attention. In late 2008, after court-ordered arbitration, the arbitrator found in favor of U.K. Construction.

On September 1, 2009, Gore filed a petition to compel arbitration in the Circuit Court for…