Weilwood Fabrics International Inc. v. Zerbi

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Maresca, J.), entered April 23, 1981, permanently staying arbitration proceedings between the parties, reversed, on the law, and the petition dismissed, and the parties directed to proceed to arbitration, with costs. The parties to this appeal executed an employment contract in which they agreed to arbitrate any disputes arising from the contract in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The court below held that appellant’s service of a demand for arbitration by ordinary mail was a nullity because it did not satisfy the…