Partner Jonathan Dunn, assisted by Senior Attorney Teresa Polk, recently obtained a complete defense award at arbitration for a general contractor client in a disputed subcontractor termination and payment claim. The subcontractor claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, asserting a lien and bond claim, and alleged it was wrongfully terminated. At the hearings, mostly through cross-examination, SMTD Law was able to completely impeach the subcontractor on numerous disputed factual claims, leading the arbitrator to reject the subcontractor’s claim entirely and provide a complete defense award, together with a defense costs and indemnity award. Partner Jonathan Dunn stated: “Trying subcontractor termination disputes is always risky for a general contractor. We are very pleased for our client that we were able to get the arbitrator to see what really happened and exonerate our client.”