McAllaster v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

In Phillips Constr. Co. v. Cowart Iron Works, 250 Ga. 488 (299 SE2d 538) (1983), the Supreme Court held that orders granting or denying motions to stay judicial proceedings pending arbitration are interlocutory in nature, but suggested that applications for interlocutory review of such orders should be viewed with favor except in the clearest cases due to considerations of judicial economy. See also Rhodes v. Inland-Rome, 195 Ga. App. 39, 40 (392 SE2d 270) (1990) (pursuant to Phillips Constr., order granting appellee’s motion to compel arbitration and stay judicial proceedings was certified…