Gibbons-Grable Co. v. Gilbane Building Co.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas granting the defendants’ (Gilbane Building Company et al.) motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and referring the plaintiffs claims to the American Arbitration Association. The facts giving rise to this appeal are as follows.

This lawsuit arises out of the construction of the Sohio Corporate Headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Gilbane Building Company/Polytech Corporation, a defendant-appellee, was the general contractor for the project. In March 1983, the plaintiff-appellant, Gibbons-Grable…