Evans and Associates, Inc. v. Dyer

PRESIDING JUSTICE INGLIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case, defendant, Sandra Schwander (now Sandra Dyer), appeals from a judgment rendered in a bench trial by the circuit court of Du Page County. The court awarded $22,719.83 to Evans and Associates, Inc. (the contractor), in its suit to recover sums it alleged were due for the construction of a custom home for Sandra and her then-husband, Russell Schwander (the buyers), in Bartlett, Illinois.

At trial, the parties disputed whether the home was built in a workmanlike manner. On appeal, Sandra argues (1) that the trial court should…