Stauffer Construction Co. v. Board of Education

On September 20, 1976, the parties entered into a construction contract under which appellant was to do certain rehabilitation and renovation work at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School complex. They are now embroiled in a dispute over that contract, which appellant sought to have arbitrated. Upon motion of appellee, however, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County stayed the arbitration proceeding, concluding, on summary judgment, that appellant had waived its right to arbitration by failing to present its claims to the architect in a proper and timely fashion.

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