J.M. Davidson, Inc. v. Webster

I respectfully dissent. The controversy in this case involves a company’s arbitration policy that an employee agreed to sign after beginning his employment. When the company sought to enforce the arbitration policy, the trial court denied the motion to compel arbitration. A divided court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s order. The Court says that the wording in the arbitration policy is ambiguous and that the case should be sent back to the trial court to hear evidence concerning the parties’ intent. But I would not be as hasty as the Court to send this matter back to the trial court…