Lee V. Heftel

Plaintiffs-appellants William Lee and Susan Lee (collectively,"the Lees") appeal from the circuit court's order granting defendants-appellees Cecil Heftel, Joyce Heftel, and Richard Heftel's (collectively, "the Heftels") "motion to dismiss or in the alternative, to stay action pending mediation/arbitration" (motion to stay).*fn1 On appeal, the Lees conte d that the circuit court erred in staying the action pending arbitration because "fraud in the inducement of a real estate contract is a 'ground as exists for revocation of a contract' so that the contract's arbitration clause is not enforceable."*fn2 For the following reasons, we disagree with the Lees' contention and affirm the order of the circuit court.