Allstate Insurance v. Anderson

Plaintiff Allstate Insurance Company brought this subrogation action to recover for property damage sustained in a traffic accident on June 30, 1994, alleging defendant Carol Anderson caused damage to the automobile owned by Allstate’s insured and its subrogor Steve Salinas. Defendant appeals from the trial court’s order barring her from rejecting the mandatory arbitration award which was entered in favor of Salinas. Defendant contends that she did not fail to participate in the arbitration hearing in good faith when she visited a doctor for acute sinusitis instead of attending the…