FIA Card Services, N.A. v. Salmon

Shaw, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant FIA Card Services, N.A. (“FIA”) appeals from the May 23, 2008 journal entry of the Court of Common Pleas, Union County, Ohio, dismissing FIA’s case against defendant-appellee Mary Salmon for failure to prosecute.

{¶ 2} FIA filed a claim with the National Arbitration Forum pursuant to a written agreement between FIA and Salmon that provided that all claims between the parties were to be submitted to binding arbitration. On February 27, 2007, an arbitrator issued an award in favor of FIA in the amount of $40,033.36. Salmon failed to pay FIA the…