Ozdeger v. Altay

Defendants bring this interlocutory appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying their motion to stay the proceedings in the trial court and to compel arbitration of the claims in plaintiffs’ amended complaint. The trial court found that an arbitration clause providing for arbitration of all disputes “arising out of, or relating to” a written contract entered into between the parties was inapplicable to a subsequent oral agreement entered into by the parties.

On June 16, 1976, plaintiffs, the owners of certain real estate located in Glenview, Illinois, entered into a…