Eickhoff Corp. v. Warrior Met Coal, LLC

STUART, Chief Justice.

Warrior Met Coal, LLC ("Warrior Coal"), sued Eickhoff Corporation in the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court asserting that certain pieces of heavy mining equipment Eickhoff had manufactured and sold to Warrior Coal were defective. Eickhoff subsequently moved the trial court to compel Warrior Coal to arbitrate its claims pursuant to an arbitration provision in contracts executed after the sale of the equipment, not the original purchase-order contracts associated with the allegedly defective equipment. The trial court denied the motion to compel arbitration and Eickhoff appeals. We…