DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Matthews

OPINION

STRINE, Vice Chancellor.

Plaintiff DaimlerChrysler Corporation has moved for summary judgment in this action seeking to compel defendant Harry S.Matthews, Jr. to arbitrate his claims related to a vehicle that Matthews purchased, and to stay litigation that Matthews initiated in Superior Court asserting those claims. The supposedly “binding” arbitration clause that DaimlerChrysler seeks to invoke allows Matthews to first request nonbinding arbitration, a request that Matthews made and DaimlerChrysler refused before Matthews filed suit. That refusal constituted a repudiation of the…