Associated Bonded Construction Co. v. Griffin Corp.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

The plaintiff, Associated Bonded Construction Co. (Associated), appeals from an order of the Superior Court compelling arbitration of a contract dispute between Associated and the defendants, Griffin Corp. (Griffin) and American Employers’ Insurance Co. (American). We reverse.

Associated and Griffin were parties to a subcontract entered into on March 3, 1976, concerning the construction of a United States postal facility in East Greenwich. American is the surety on Griffin’s performance bond. The contract between Associated and Griffin, the subcontractor, is a standard…