Legal Opinion
Wise v. Tidal Const. Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 23, 2003No. A03A0859PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s stay and order for mandatory arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, because Mary L. Rose Wise and Nell Lackman, plaintiffs, contend that Tidal Construction Company, Inc.’s inconsistent actions (proceeding with discovery, motion for summary judgment, entry of a pre-trial order, and jury selection) waived the right to arbitration. Finding that Tidal Construction’s inconsistent conduct constituted a waiver of the arbitration agreement, we reverse.
On October 16, 2000, the builder-sellers, Tidal Construction Company,…
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