Legal Opinion
Auto Owners Insurance, Inc. v. Blackmon Insurance Agency, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 2, 2012No. 1100769PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MALONE, Chief Justice.
Auto Owners Insurance, Inc. (“Auto Owners”), appeals the denial by the Baldwin Circuit Court of its motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to compel arbitration in an action against it filed by Blackmon Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Blackmon”). We reverse and remand.
Facts and Procedural History
The parties agree that in 1995 Black-mon, an Alabama insurance agency, and Auto Owners, an insurance company incorporated in Michigan, entered into an “agency agreement” authorizing Blackmon to act as an agent for the sale of Auto Owners’ insurance in Alabama (“the 1995 agreement”).…
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