Cheek v. United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

I respectfully dissent. I do so because, in my view, the arbitration agreement between Appellant, Ronnie E. Cheek (“Cheek”), and Appellee, United Health Care of the Mid-*162Atlantic, Inc., (“United”), was supported by consideration. Even assuming, arguendo, that the arbitration agreement was not supported by consideration independent from that of the employment contract of which it was a part, the consideration supporting the employment contract supported the arbitration agreement as well. Reasonably construed, the parties’ mutual obligations with regard to arbitration were not illusory.…