BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — Jason Duggar, star of the reality show "19 Kids and Counting," is asking a Benton County judge to dismiss a lawsuit against him that claims he failed to perform repairs on a home and didn't have a valid contractor's license.
Mark Thompson filed the lawsuit against Duggar and Madison Holding, LLC on Sept. 10.
Thompson claims he entered into a contract to purchase a home in Bella Vista for $350,000 from Madison Holding and that as part of an addendum to the contract, numerous repairs to the home were required but never completed.
The lawsuit claims the contractor, Duggar, and the seller, Madison Holding, were responsible for these repairs, and that Duggar was cooperating up until mid 2024 when he "suggested [Thompson] simply pay for them to be done by someone else."
Thompson then claims that Duggar and Madison Holding had "gone silent on addressing these issues."
"These issues, which do not constitute an exhaustive list, show the defectiveness of the construction and the failure of the seller and contractor to comply with the terms of the addendum," the lawsuit said.
Additionally, the lawsuit accuses Duggar of operating without a valid contractor's license.
Madison Holding responded to the lawsuit before Duggar, denying allegations and stating that the contract speaks for itself, adding that the company "complied with all of its obligations under the contract attached to the complaint and is not in breach."
The company asked that the lawsuit be dismissed.
In a separate filing on Oct. 17, Duggar expressed he wanted to be excluded from the lawsuit and requested dismissal.
While Duggar's legal counsel has not formally filed an answer to the lawsuit, a motion to dismiss claims that Thompson was "not in privity of contract with defendant Jason Duggar."
The filing explained that the contract was only between Madison Holding and Thompson and that Duggar did not execute any contracts with the plaintiff.
"Plaintiff's failure to plead facts or attach a signed writing under which defendant Jason Duggar is party taken together warrant a dismissal," the filing said.
In regard to the allegation that Duggar doesn't have a valid contractor's license, the filing explains that he does not work as a contractor under his own name but instead under the business he's part of, Build Master Construction, LLC.
While a search on the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board yields no results for Jason Duggar, Build Master Construction does show up as having a valid license that doesn't expire until 2025.
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