MATTHEWS-McCRACKEN RUTLAND CORP. v. CITY OF PLAQUEMINE

No. 81-C-2953.

414 So.2d 756 (1982)

MATTHEWS-McCRACKEN RUTLAND CORP. v. The CITY OF PLAQUEMINE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil H. Mixon, Jr., and Rick J. Norman of McCollister, McCleary, Fazio, Mixon, Holliday & Hicks, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.

William C. Dupont of Dupont, Dupont & Dupont, Plaquemine, Allen R. Boudreaux, of Kizer & Kizer, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the third party defendant is entitled to require arbitration of the claim asserted in the third party demand.

Plaintiff filed this suit for damages based on breach of a contract to install electrical equipment, alleging that delays caused by defendant required plaintiff to keep personnel and equipment on the job five months beyond the completion date. Defendant, the City of Plaquemine, filed a third-party...

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