AutoNation, Inc. v. Susi

An automobile dealership appeals from the circuit court’s order denying the dealership’s motion to stay litigation of a customer’s action against the dealership pending ‘ arbitration.1 The customer’s action arose from and related to the dealership’s service upon a car which the customer purchased from the dealership eight months earlier. At the time of the purchase, the parties entered into an arbitration agreement applying to claims arising from or relating to any service. The court denied the dealership’s motion to stay litigation pending arbitration, because the court believed the…