Total Property Services of New England, Inc. v. Q.S.C.V., Inc.

The defendant real estate partnership (partnership)1 appeals from the trial court’s judgment confirming an arbitration award to the plaintiff. On appeal, the partnership claims (1) that the trial court improperly denied the partnership a hearing on the issue of whether it was bound by the arbitration agreement, despite the fact that it was not a signatory to the agreement, (2) that there was no valid arbitration agreement on which the arbitrator could obtain subject matter jurisdiction, (3) that the failure of the arbitrator to render the award within thirty days of the close of the…