Kelso-Burnett Co. v. Zeus Development Corp.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order of the trial court denying a motion to stay proceedings and to compel arbitration.

On October 17, 1978, plaintiff, Kelso-Burnett Co. (hereinafter “Kelso”), entered into a subcontract with the general contractor of the Briar-wood Lakes project in Oak Brook, defendant Zeus Development Corporation (hereinafter “Zeus”), wherein Kelso agreed to perform electrical work for the project. The contract included an arbitration clause which provided that:

“Unless otherwise agreed, all claims, disputes, and other matters in question arising out of, or relating…