Litigation can be quite a speed bump in Florida construction. A whole project may grind to a halt if a legal dispute ends up in the courtroom. When it comes to construction law issues, breach of contract lawsuits are unfortunately common. So, what can you do to make sure your contract dispute doesn’t become a breach?
Consider your options
It may be your company that is the wronged party in a contract dispute – or, you may be on the receiving end of such allegations. In many cases, rushing to the courthouse to file a lawsuit is not the most efficient way to handle such issues. In fact, preventing a dispute from reaching that stage may be the top option for you to consider.
It is oftentimes tough to see a path forward through a contract dispute that doesn’t involve litigation. But you may have other options to consider. For starters, sometimes direct negotiations between the parties can resolve contract disputes. After all, the parties to the contract are usually free to amend the terms of that contract if they agree to do so. However, in more serious cases in which a breach is discussed, mediation may be a possibility.
In mediation, a neutral third party, the mediator, will typically go back and forth between the parties to attempt to find potential solutions to legal problems. This can even happen as a pre-litigation step – meaning that the parties agree to go to mediation to hopefully resolve their differences before a breach of contract lawsuit is even filed. Of course, this takes a bit of remaining trust between the parties. That can be hard, but if you are facing litigation you owe it to your company and your construction project to consider all the options.
