West and Alicia Dixon have spent the past three years fighting for compensation for a home they say was not built to stand up Louisiana’s withering summertime humidity.
The couple sued D.R. Horton, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, claiming the Youngsville house the Texas-based company sold them in 2014 had a faulty ventilation system that caused water damage, mold growth and health issues.
After years of legal wrangling, the Louisiana couple had their day in court last week and told a Baton Rouge judge about living in a house they said they can’t afford to fix and how it has impacted them and their four children. It was testimony that underscored their lawsuit, which claims D.R. Horton knowingly built substandard homes across southern Louisiana and sales representatives duped them and other buyers into signing sales contracts with arbitration agreements…