Brennan v. Kenwick

This is an interlocutory appeal brought by the defendants, Anthony N. Kenwick and Constance Kenwick, from an order of the trial court which stayed certain arbitration proceedings. The primary issue is whether the court improperly denied to the defendants their contractual right to arbitrate. The defendants also claim that the court erred in imposing sanctions against them for noncompliance with discovery orders.

On December 19, 1977, the plaintiff general contractor, Richard Brennan, filed suit against the defendants for the balance due under a construction contract. On January 20, 1978,…