Klehr v. Illinois Farmers Insurance Company

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Arbitration
Citation
Case Number: 
2013 IL App (1st) 121843
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 2d Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
CONNORS
If a valid arbitration agreement exists and the parties have begun but not completed the arbitration process, neither party can obtain judicial review of the arbitrators' interlocutory ruling on a discovery issue subject to the arbitration agreement by filing a declaratory judgment action in circuit court. Judicial review cannot be obtained on issues subject to the arbitration agreement until after the arbitration process is complete. (HARRIS and QUINN, concurring.)