MICHAEL-CURRY CO. v. KNUTSON SHAREHOLDERS

No. C6-88-1509.

449 N.W.2d 139 (1989)

MICHAEL-CURRY COMPANIES, INC., Respondent, v. KNUTSON SHAREHOLDERS LIQUIDATING TRUST, et al., defendants and third-party plaintiffs, petitioners, Appellants, v. John A. CURRY, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Devney, J. Patrick McDavitt, Mark J. Ayotte, Briggs & Morgan, P.A., St. Paul, for appellants.

Marvin T. Fabyanske, Gary F. Albrecht, Fabyanske, Svoboda, Westra, Davis, P.A., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


KEITH, Justice.

The central issue in this case is whether an arbitration clause which provides for arbitration of, inter alia, "[a]ny controversy or claim arising out of or relating to * * * the making" of a contract, compels arbitration of a claim that an amendment to the contract was fraudulently induced. The trial court held in the negative. The court of appeals reversed, holding that the clause was sufficiently broad to comprehend that the issue of fraud...

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