American Federation of State Employees, Council 25 v. Hamtramck Housing Commission

Plaintiff appeals as of right a circuit court order denying plaintiffs motion for summary disposition and dismissing its complaint for arbitration on the basis that plaintiff “waived the right to arbitrate the subject grievance because the delay in filing for arbitration was not reasonable ....” We reverse and remand for the entry of an order compelling arbitration because the issue whether the grievance was not arbitrable because of laches was an issue for the arbitrator to decide, not the trial court.

We review de novo a trial court’s decision on a motion for summary disposition. Maiden v…