· 7/6/1984
Kwalick v. Bosacco
Citations
- 478 A.2d 50
- 329 Pa. Super. 235
- 1984 Pa. Super. LEXIS 5293
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “the mere filing of a complaint or an answer without resulting prejudice to the objecting party will not justify a finding of waiver of the right to arbitration”
- finding that, the filing of a complaint and an answer, new matter, and a counterclaim does not automatically mean that a party waived its right to proceed to arbitration as required by a contract
- filing complaint or answer without resulting prejudice to objecting party is not tantamount to waiver of right to arbitration
- stating, “unless [a party’s] conduct has gained [it] an undue advantage or resulted in prejudice to another[, the party] should not be held to have relinquished the right” to compel arbitration
- “[T]he mere filing of a complaint or an answer without resulting prejudice to the objecting party will not justify a finding of waiver of the right to arbitration.”
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Judges: Johnson, Watkins and Lipez
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