The jury trial for a lawsuit filed by a Northwest Arkansas couple against HGTV stars Dave and Jenny Marrs has been pushed back to 2025, according to court documents.
A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for January 14, 2025, and the trial is set to begin on January 27, 2025.
Matthew and Sarah McGrath sued Jupiter Rentals and Marrs Construction in February 2023, companies owned by Dave Marrs, who co-stars in HGTV’s “Rock the Block” and “Fixer to Fabulous” with his wife Jenny.
The couple’s lawsuit claims the Marrs’ companies worked on a house for them, only to realize later it had multiple problems, including a “critical safety issue” with the home’s deck.
The Marrs claimed the couple would not allow the companies to repair the home, but made an effort to do so.
A settlement in the lawsuit was not reached after multiple failed attempts at court-ordered mediation. A filing in October 2023 by the plaintiffs said one attempt “failed utterly.”
In June, it was revealed in court documents that the lawsuit could face delays after the McGraths claimed in a filing that due to the tornadoes that ripped through Benton County on Memorial Day weekend, which left numerous businesses and homes affected, contractors “will be unusually busy for the next few weeks to come.”
A motion for extension was filed on June 4 by the plaintiffs asking that the discovery deadline set for June 24 be pushed back.
The judge granted that extension and the deadline was moved to July 8.
After the extension was granted, the plaintiffs asked for the trial to be pushed back.
Despite disagreement from the defendants, the trial was pushed back from the original September 23 start date.. Read More