Idaho high court sides with Hanks in home lawsuit

The unanimous high court ruling handed down Wednesday comes in a nine-year battle between the couple and Storey Construction. The actors hired the company to build their sprawling villa in 2000.

Hanks and Wilson said they discovered defects in the construction that weren't immediately obvious and asked for arbitration of their claims. Storey Construction said since they had already gone to arbitration once, any additional claims were barred. A lower court agreed.

But the Idaho Supreme Court reversed the ruling. It agreed with Hanks and Wilson that the contract between the parties didn't prohibit additional arbitration over newly discovered defects.