If any suit or proceeding be brought upon any issue referable to arbitration under an agreement in writing for such arbitration, the court in which such suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in such suit or proceeding is referable to arbitration under such an agreement, shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had in accordance with the terms of the agreement, providing the applicant for the stay is not in default in proceeding with such arbitration.
Wis. Stat. § 788.02
Stay of action to permit arbitration
Known as the The Wisconsin Arbitration Act
The act spans §§ 788–788 (18 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Kirk v. Credit Acceptance Corp. (2013)
Most recently applied in 387 Wis. 2d 724 - L. G., by Chippewa Family Servs., Inc. v. Aurora Residential Alternatives, Inc. (June 2019)
1979 c. 32 s. 64; Stats. 1979 s. 788.02
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