J. Castronovo, Inc. v. Hillside Development Corp.

The plaintiff does not challenge that part of the court’s determination which found that the notice of the demand for arbitration was timely served upon it, pursuant to the contract terms, within 30 days of an architect’s final decision with respect to the parties’ dispute. Instead, the plaintiff urges on appeal that the court erroneously determined that the contract did not require, as condition precedent to arbitration, that notice of the demand be filed with the American Arbitration Association (hereinafter the AAA) within the same 30-day period.

As the trial court properly concluded, there…