ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM RELATING IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND RELATED HENRY SYSTEM WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, MANDATORY ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT AND IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY ONLY. YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
This arbitration and class action jury trial waiver clause (“
Arbitration Agreement”) will govern all interactions with this Site, any Company Services provided to you, and any and all data exchanges and/or collection and retention of such data in connection with use of this Site or provision of any Service. If any such interactions are subject to a separate service agreement with the Company that includes an arbitration clause, it will supersede this Arbitration Agreement as to any redundant provisions. To the extent permitted by applicable law, by clicking to indicate your agreement to these Terms of Use and by using or interacting with the Site or Henry System, or engaging us for any Services, you agree to binding arbitration as provided below.
Agreement to Arbitrate. We believe that arbitration is a faster, more convenient and less expensive way to resolve any disputes you may have with us. Therefore, pursuant to these Terms of Use and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, either you or we may elect to resolve any and all disputes exclusively through binding arbitration. YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PURSUE A CLAIM IN COURT OR HAVE A JURY DECIDE THE CLAIM AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION OR SIMILAR PROCEEDING IN COURT OR IN ARBITRATION. In the event that this CLASS ACTION WAIVER is deemed unenforceable, then any putative class action may only proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration. A “
Dispute” under this Arbitration Agreement is any unresolved claim or controversy between you and us arising out of or related to these Terms of Use, the Site, or any Service provided by the Company. A Dispute does not include Public Injunctive Relief Requests or any individual actions brought in small claims or your state’s equivalent court. If such individual actions are transferred, removed or appealed to a different court, either party may then request it be arbitrated.
The Process. We will make every reasonable effort to informally resolve any Disputes, between you and us. If those efforts fail, the party electing to commence a proceeding must give the other party written notice of the Dispute. The notice must include: (1) the name, telephone number, mailing address, and email address of the party seeking arbitration; (2) reasonable detail of the Dispute; (3) the remedy sought and a good faith estimate of the amount at issue (in U.S. dollars); and (4) the original signature of the person raising the Dispute. Notice to Henry must be sent to: Henry Homes, Inc., 4870 Sadler Rd, Suite 300, Glen Allen, VA 23060, attn: Arbitration Election. We will send notice of our intent to pursue a Dispute to the most recent address we have for you in our records. Each party must provide reasonable opportunity over thirty (30) days after notice to resolve the Dispute.
If the Dispute is not resolved within thirty (30) days after notice is sent, the complaining party may initiate arbitration by providing a demand for arbitration to the American Arbitration Association (the “
AAA” or “
Arbitration Administrator”) at 1633 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10019. If either party fails to submit to binding arbitration, including after a demand for arbitration following the other party’s filing of a lawsuit, the party who fails to submit to arbitration will be responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by the party compelling arbitration.
Applicable Law, Venue and Arbitration Procedure. This Arbitration Agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and each arbitration will be administered in Richmond, Virginia according to the rules in this Arbitration Agreement and the procedures of the Arbitration Administrator. AAA rules can be found at
www.adr.org YOU AND WE KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREE TO GIVE UP THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE. A single arbitrator will be appointed and interpret this Arbitration Agreement and resolve any Dispute consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or relevant federal law, as applicable, irrespective of any conflict of law principles. All arbitrators must be practicing attorneys experienced and knowledgeable in the substantive law related to the Dispute. The arbitrator will issue a written decision and, upon request of any party, write a brief explanation of the basis of any award.
The following provisions will apply to all arbitrations under this Arbitration Agreement: (1) timely filed offers of judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 or any state equivalent will be honored and require the party that declined to offer to pay the costs and fees of the filing party if the decision obtained is not more favorable than the unaccepted offer; (2) the arbitrator may not award any remedy that exceeds that which a court could award for the Dispute(s); (3) a finding that a Dispute is frivolous or intended to harass will entitle the other party to recover their attorney's fees, costs and expenses; (4) the arbitrator shall not be bound by prior, separate arbitration decisions; and (5) failure to enforce this Arbitration Agreement at any particular time or in connection with any particular Dispute will not waive any rights to require arbitration at a later time or in connection with any other Dispute. Either party may seek to enjoin the arbitration proceeding in court with jurisdiction and the arbitration will be automatically stayed pending the outcome of that proceeding.
The arbitrator’s award will be final and binding, except for any appeal right under the FAA. Any court with jurisdiction may enter judgment upon the arbitrator’s award. Notwithstanding the above, in the event that an award involves a cost or benefit to any party for more than $100,000 or involves injunctive relief, any party may appeal the award to a three-arbitrator panel of the Arbitration Administrator, provided the appeal is filed within thirty (30) days of the original award. The panel may accept or reject any or all of the original award and any decision of the panel must be by majority vote. The appealing party must pay all costs unless the panel decides otherwise.
No Class Relief. THE ARBITRATION CAN RESOLVE ONLY YOUR AND/OR HENRY’S INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS, AND THE ARBITRATOR SHALL HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO ENTERTAIN OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIMS ON A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE BASIS, OR TO CONSOLIDATE OR JOIN THE CLAIMS OF OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES WHO MAY BE SIMILARLY SITUATED.
Arbitration Costs. If you can’t obtain a waiver of the Arbitration Administrator’s filing, administrative, hearing, and/or other fees, upon request, we will to cover such fees up to one thousand two hundred dollars ($1200) unless the arbitration administrator decides that its rules or law require that our share of fees and costs be more. Requests for fee reimbursements should be sent to: Henry Homes, Inc., 4870 Sadler Rd, Suite 300, Glen Allen, VA 23060 Attn: Arbitration Election. Each party will bear the expense of its own attorneys, experts, and witnesses, regardless of which party prevails unless the arbitrator decides, based on applicable law, the rules of the AAA, or this Arbitration Agreement, that the prevailing party has a right to recover any of those fees or costs from the other party.
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement. If any part of this Arbitration Agreement is deemed to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, then the balance of this Arbitration Agreement shall remain in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Public Injunctive Relief Requests. You and we agree that any Public Injunctive Relief Request shall be adjudicated by a court after all Disputes are resolved in arbitration and that the parties will jointly request the court stay the Public Injunctive Relief Request until final resolution in arbitration. The stay may only be lifted if the arbitrator finds liability for a claim for which public injunctive relief is a remedy. Only a court may determine the validity and enforceability of this provision.
Modification of Arbitration Agreement. The Company may modify these arbitration provisions, but such modifications shall only become effective thirty (30) days after the Company publishes such modifications and only on a prospective basis for Disputes occurring after the effective date of such modification.