Tom Hanks can't sue builder again, judge says
An Idaho judge has tossed a second arbitration claim brought by Tom Hanks against a construction contractor that accused the builder of shoddy workmanship.
Judge Robert J. Elgee said Hanks and wife Rita Wilson couldn't sue Storey Construction again over alleged new construction defects because the actor had already lost a 2004 arbitration case that ruled in favor of the company and awarded it $1.85 million in unpaid construction costs. Hanks and Wilson had been complaining about work done at their compund north of Ketchum, which includes their home and three guest cottages.
"The judge essentially ruled that they had their chance in the prior arbitration," Storey attorney Miles Stanislaw told the Idaho Mountain Express. "So unlike the movies where you get to do it over again, in Blaine County you don't get a do-over if you don't like the results the first time around."
Maybe Tom and Rita can focus on doing a little charity work from now on, like their friends Ben and Brangelina are doing.
[Photo: AP]
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