Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Keating

Opinion

PETERS, J.

This case concerns the authority of the Superior Court to enforce an arbitration clause in a franchise agreement. As part of the arbitration clause, the parties agreed that arbitration would take place in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The franchisor brought four applications in the Superior Court to compel the franchisees to arbitrate. All but one of the franchisees are residents of Florida. The principal question in this case is whether the trial court properly concluded that the selection of Connecticut as the arbitral forum is sufficient to confer on a Connecticut judicial…