Smith v. Pinnamaneni

OPINION

NORRIS, Judge.

¶ 1 This appeal arises out of an arbitration award in favor of a contractor, plaintiff/appel-lee W Inc. We hold the superior court properly confirmed the award against defendant/appellant Pioneer Family Investments, LLC, because Pioneer waived its defense that W Inc. was an unlicensed contractor by failing to raise it in the arbitration. Because the superior court, however, did not determine whether defendant/appellant Krishna Pinnamaneni, a nonparty to the construction contract between W Inc. and Pioneer, was bound to arbitrate, we reverse confirmation of the award…