Yates Paving & Grading Co. v. Bryan County

MlKELL, Judge.

In Yates Paving & Grading Co. v. Bryan County, Yates Paving & Grading Company, Inc. (‘Yates”) appealed from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to Bryan County (the “County”) on the res judicata effect of a previous arbitration and enjoining Yates from conducting any additional arbitration proceedings in connection with claims Yates presented in a previous arbitration. We reversed the trial court, concluding that because the res judicata effect of the first arbitration award falls within the scope of the parties’ agreement to arbitrate, the arbitrator should decide…