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Rose Harrison appeals the trial court’s order confirming and entering final judgment on an arbitration award. She contends that her claim for fraudulent inducement arising from her residential real estate purchase was not subject to arbitration. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. In September 2004, Harrison signed a purchase and sale agreement to buy a house from Belle Dunn Eberhardt. Broad River Realty, Inc., through its agent Nellie McGee, was the listing broker for the purchase. Eberhardt agreed in a special stipulation to the agreement to install a new well and pump and to install a new septic tank with drain fields meeting county specifications. The sale closed in October 2004. Soon thereafter, Harrison began noticing problems with the well water. The septic system backed up twice over the next few months, and Harrison subsequently was advised that the well water was contaminated and that soil in areas of the property was not suitable for a septic system.

Harrison brought suit against Eberhardt, McGee, and Broad River Realty, alleging that she had been fraudulently induced to purchase the property based on an assurance of a workable well and septic tank system, and seeking rescission of the purchase and sale agreement, refund of the purchase price, and punitive damages. Eberhardt, McGee and Broad River Realty moved to compel arbitration of this claim under a binding arbitration provision in a home buyer’s warranty. On the day of her closing, Harrison signed a document acknowledging and consenting to the terms of the warranty, expressly including the binding arbitration provision.

 
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