The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Inc. v. Brantley Dunaway

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE VENTERS

Movant, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Inc. (KSF), seeks interlocutory relief following the Court of Appeals’ denial of its CR 65.07 motion for an order to compel the Jefferson Circuit Court to confirm what KSF calls an “arbitration award” arising from an employment contract between KSF and Respondent, Brantley Dunaway. Upon review of KSF’s motion and Dunaway’s response, we decline to grant relief because We are persuaded that the dispute was not subject to an arbitration agreement and no “arbitration award” existed to be confirmed by the circuit court.

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