William G. Walker and Sandra O. Walker v. J.C. Bradford & Co., Milburn L. Bryant, Mary C. Bryant and Sandra L. Bryant v. J.C. Bradford & Co.

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• holding that a court “should not ordinarily infer waiver based upon prejudice” when “only a minimal amount of discovery has been conducted” (quotation omitted)
• holding that party did not waive arbitration right by propounding interrogatories and requests for production,, attending initial pretrial conference, and delaying thirteen months before filing motion to compel arbitration
• finding that the defendant had not waived its right to compel arbitration despite a thirteen-month delay and some participation in discovery
• noting that the defendant had “served plaintiffs with several preliminary interrogatories and requested that plaintiffs produce certain documents”
• holding no waiver even though parties engaged in discovery, attended pretrial conference, amended scheduling order three times and moved to transfer case during thirteen-month period before filing motion to compel arbitration
• finding no waiver and noting that defendant “did not ask the court to make any judicial decisions, for example, by requesting summary judgment”

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