Jeffrey N. Evans/Ameriprise Financial Services v. Debra K. Bayles

LOUGHRY, Justice:

The petitioners, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (“Ameriprise”), Jeffrey N. Evans (“Mr. Evans”), Kristina Nicholls, and Stephen Bayles (collectively referred to as “the petitioners”), appeal the Circuit Court of Marshall County’s May 19, 2015, order denying their motion to dismiss and to compel arbitration. Relying upon the doctrine of contra proferentem, 1 the circuit court found the absence of a signature on a brokerage agreement created an ambiguity that’ invalidated the arbitration clause set forth therein. Upon our careful review of the briefs, the arguments of…