Czarnik v. Wendover Financial Services

PRESIDING JUSTICE THEIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Wendover Financial Services (Wendover) appeals from a circuit court order denying its motion to compel arbitration of a counterclaim for contribution asserted by Old National Bancorp (ONB). Wendover contends that (1) the circuit court erred as a matter of law in holding that contribution claims are not arbitrable in Illinois; and (2) ONB’s claim for contribution falls within the scope of the arbitration clause in the parties’ “sub-servicing agreement” (the Agreement). For the following reasons, we hold that the arbitration of ONB’s…