From Name: From Email: To Name: To Email: Optional Message: Sump pump failure costs builder and contractor $1.75 million from Builder Online In what might be the most expensive callback in the history of home building, a Montana jury has decided that a builder and plumbing contractor must pay almost $1.75 million to a homeowner after a drainage system they installed caused damage to the foundation of her home. As reported by the Billings Gazette, Oakland Home Builders Corporation and Treasure State Plumbing and Heating must pay $240,000 in damages for breach of contract, negligence and personal injury plus $1.5 million in punitive damages. more 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063