BROCK v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

Docket No. C011372.

10 Cal.App.4th 1790 (1992)

13 Cal. Rptr.2d 678

MICHAEL G. BROCK et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

November 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel J. Sullivan and Jason A. Krestoff for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Rust, Armenis & Schwartz and Fred A. Schwartz for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

SPARKS, J.

In this case we examine the distinction between an action at law and a contractual arbitration proceeding based on the same dispute and conclude that they are independent remedies. This distinction plays a critical role in the resolution of the two questions posed by this appeal.

The first is whether an action at law stayed during the pendency of contractual...

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