Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America, Inc. v. Long Bay Management Co.

van Gestel, J.

“(T]he arbitration procedure, when selected by the parties to a contract, should be speedy and not subject to delay and obstruction in the courts.” Quirk v. Data Terminal Systems, Inc., 379 Mass. 762, 767 (1980). In these two related actions the parties, with some assistance from the courts as well, have been oblivious to the mandate of the Supreme Judicial Court regarding contractually agreed-upon arbitration. These cases—filed, respectively,.on November 29, 2001, and December 17, 2001—only now have reached that point wherein arbitration, first demanded in September 2000, has…