Chem-Ash, Inc. v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This case involves the Uniform Arbitration Act. The trial court ordered arbitration of this dispute between Chem-Ash, Inc., the appellant, and AP&L, the appellee. Chem-Ash argues that its lawsuit was a tort action, not subject to arbitration; AP&L argues that the trial court’s order is not appealable, and even if it is, the suit filed by appellant was in fact a contract dispute and not one based in tort. It is undisputed that “personal injury or tort matters” cannot be the subject of arbitration.-See Ark. Code Ann. § 16-108-201 (1987). We find the order not appealable…