Ruhl v. Lee's Summit Honda

RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.

Lee’s Summit Honda appeals a judgment denying its motion to compel Ashlee Ruhl to arbitrate her individual claims against it. Ruhl filed a class action suit against Honda, seeking damages for its unauthorized practice of law, section 484.020,1 and its deceptive practices connected with the sale of merchandise under the Missouri merchandising practices act (MPA), sections 407.010 to 407.130. Honda claims that the trial court erred in failing to compel arbitration because the claims were within scope of the parties’ arbitration agreement, the unauthorized practice of…