Dawon And Company Usa, LLC v. Joonwoo Solutions, LLC

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What the court decided

The issue at stake is whether a second contract between two parties supersedes their first contract, which contains an arbitration provision, and whether the dispute arising from the construction project should be subject to arbitration. The parties' first agreement contained an arbitration clause that covered all disputes related to the project, but the second agreement did not reference the original agreement or its arbitration provisions. The trial court erred in denying Dawon's motion to compel arbitration and dismiss the complaint because the second agreement was not separate from and did not supersede the first agreement; it only addressed cost and scheduling adjustments. The arbitration provision of the first agreement remained enforceable, and the dispute should be subject to arbitration.