Silver Cross Hospital v. S. N. Nielsen Co.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment rendered by the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois, which found that arbitration of an issue between the parties was not required by a construction contract, and stayed arbitration proceedings which the defendant had initiated.

The plaintiff, Silver Cross Hospital, had entered into a construction contract with S. N. Nielsen Company, a general contractor, to build a multi-million dollar addition to its facilities. During the course of construction rains fell which flooded the site and caused approximately $300,000 damage. Nielsen repaired the…