Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Arbitration
Court erred in denying Defendant's motion to stay wrongful death claim pending arbitration of survival and family expense claims raised in Plaintiff's complaint. All 3 of Plaintiff's claims turn on allegations of Defendant's negligence. Issues are sufficiently interrelated in that whether Defendant was negligent in its care of decedent is definitive in the arbitrable claims and the wrongful death claim in circuit court. Allowing arbitration to proceed first may eliminate the need for court proceedings. (REYES and GORDON, concurring.)