Harrison F. Blades, Inc. v. Jarman Memorial Hospital Building Fund, Inc.

This appeal involves disputes arising between an owner, the general contractor and two subcontractors in a building construction project in Tuscola, Illinois. For convenience sake, the owner will be referred to as Jarman, the general contractor as Marhoefer, one subcontractor as Blades, and the second contractor as Carson-Payson. Taking the position that the contracts called for the arbitration of the various disputes, Marhoefer made a demand for arbitration proceedings before the American Arbitration Association. The owner and the two subcontractors requested that the arbitration hearings be…