Is it sufficient for a court to find that a party's actions of partial or piecemeal litigation of issues in a dispute to be inconsistent with a right to arbitrate?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Eagle Iron Erectors, Inc. v. W&W Steel Co., G053406 (Cal. App. 2017):
Partial or piecemeal litigation of issues in a dispute is enough to find a party's actions to be inconsistent with a right to arbitrate. (Lewis v. Fletcher Jones Motor
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