James R. French v. Jinright & Ryan, P.C. Architects

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This is a contractor’s suit against an architect for damages due to construction delays caused by the architect. The district court granted a summary judgment for the defendant architect on the ground that a prior arbitration proceeding effec tively barred the litigation of these claims because they had been litigated in the arbitration proceedings and the plaintiff had received through arbitration some satisfaction for the damages claimed. The Georgia law prohibits continued litigation of inconsistent remedies after satisfaction has been obtained. Because we cannot tell…