Legal Opinion
Modern Woodmen of America v. McElroy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 27, 2001No. 1990656 and 1990657PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This opinion decides consolidated appeals from the trial judge's denial of the motions of Modern Woodmen of America (Modern Woodmen) and its agent Gregory Bowen to compel arbitration of the claims of Bettina McElroy and Wayne McElroy (the plaintiffs). We affirm.
On June 9, 1998, the plaintiffs applied to purchase a health insurance policy from Celtic Life Insurance Company (Celtic) through its agent, defendant Gregory Bowen.1 The plaintiffs gave Bowen a check for $128 to pay the first month's premium for the Celtic policy. The plaintiffs also signed an automatic bank authorization to have the…
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- John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. LivingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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