State ex rel. Jesse Newberry, Relator v. The Honorable Steve Jackson, consolidated with State ex rel. Becky Lowrance, Relator v. The Honorable Steve Jackson

Jesse Newberry and Becky Lowrance each seek a permanent writ of prohibition preventing the circuit court from enforcing its January 2018 orders sustaining motions to compel arbitration and stay proceedings filed by Dolgencorp, LLC, d/b/a Dollar General. Mr. Newberry and Ms. Lowrance assert the circuit court improperly sustained Dollar General's motions to compel arbitration because Dollar General failed to meet its burden to show consideration supported either the employee arbitration agreements or the provisions delegating threshold issues of arbitrability to the arbitrator. This Court…