DocketNumber: No. CV 98 68278 S
Citation Numbers: 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 10195, 27 Conn. L. Rptr. 666
Judges: SULLIVAN, JUDGE.
Filed Date: 8/15/2000
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/18/2021
The arbitration language in the contract provides: "Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract, or the breach of it, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association and the judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction."
"An order to arbitrate the particular [dispute] should not be denied unless it may be said with positive assurance that the arbitration clause is not susceptible of an interpretation that covers the asserted dispute. Doubts should be resolved in favor of coverage." Welch GroupInc. v. Creative Drywall, Inc.,
The court cannot conclude that an agreement to settle the claim, often referred to as accord and satisfaction, is any different than any other form of satisfaction of contract obligations, such as would be partial or full payment. Such matters do not clearly fall outside of the terms of CT Page 10196 the arbitration agreement as the term "arising out of or relating to this contract" is broad and comprehensive.
The motion for stay of arbitration is denied.
L. Paul Sullivan