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The trial court's denial of the defendants' motion to stay action pending arbitration was affirmed. The court found no valid arbitration agreement existed under the 1999 contract because the referenced Exhibit D was not attached, and the 1999 contract superseded the 1997 contract containing the original arbitration agreement.
1. Appeal and Error — appealability — denial of arbitration An order denying arbitration is interlocutory but appealable. 2. Arbitration and Mediation — reference to attached arbitration agreement — not attached or executed — not enforceable There was no meeting of the minds on an agreement to arbitrate where the contract provision referred to another "attached" document which was not attached or executed. 3. Contracts — arbitration agreement in prior contract — not incorporated into new agreement The arbitration clause in an earlier contract was not incorporated into a subsequent contract where the parties expressed their clear and definite intent to execute a new contract that would supersede the first. 4. Arbitration and Mediation — right to challenge agreement — not waived Plaintiffs preserved their right to challenge an arbitration agreement where they denied the existence of an arbitrationPage 489 agreement, demanded a jury trial, and did not participate in the arbitration hearing.
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unemployment benefits; discharge; voluntary departure; misconduct; benefit eligibility.
second opinion evaluation, temporary partial disability, wage records
NCWHA, UDTP, severance payment, non-compete payment
Rule 12(b)(6); at-will employment; wrongful discharge; N.C.G.S. § 143-422.2; sex discrimination.
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