· 11/17/2006
State v. Ayro
Citations
- 942 So. 2d 532
- 2006 La. LEXIS 3256
How courts have described this case
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- finding that the HSSA does not apply to construction of a new home or a major addition to an existing home
- affirming trial court's judgment for defendant on the counterclaim upon ground that plaintiff had asserted his statutory defenses in bad faith
- “Bad faith in general implies both actual or constructive fraud, or a design to mislead or deceive another. . . .“
- \Proof of bad faith therefore serves to preclude the homeowner from hiding behind the protection of the act\
- despite fact that contract failed to provide notice of cancellation provision, contractor recovery permitted due to bad faith by homeowner
- “[wjhere this court interprets a statute and the legislature fails to take action to change that interpretation, it raises the presumption that the legislature has acquiesced in that interpretation”
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