Edward Electric Co. v. Automation, Inc.

This case arises out of the construction of a package-handling system for Emery Air Freight, Inc. Through a series of cross-claims, counterclaims, motions and orders, the matter arrives at this stop of its judicial journey as a consolidated appeal from two separate orders of the trial court. The first order involves the notice requirements under the Mechanics’ Liens Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 82, par. 1 et seq.) The second involves the denial of a motion to compel arbitration.

With regard to the first appeal, Edward Electric, the plaintiff-subcontractor, brought an action under the…