Pace Construction Corp. v. Northpark Associates, L.P.

I respectfully dissent to the dismissal of the appeals from the grant of plaintiff Northpark’s motion to compel arbitration.

In Phillips Constr. Co. v. Cowart Iron Works, 250 Ga. 488, 491 (299 SE2d 538) (1983), the Supreme Court remanded the case so that the trial court could vacate the original order and reenter it in order to entertain a certificate for immediate review. We should do the same in this case for the following reasons.

As recognized in Phillips, supra at 489, a trial court’s decision to compel arbitration has “significant consequences” which, if it is in error, results in the…