Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Roberson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 12, 1999No. 1980163PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This petition for writ of mandamus requires us to decide whether claims by Perry L. Roberson against MS Life Insurance Company ("MS Life") are subject to arbitration. Roberson contends that the trial court improperly reconsidered its earlier denial of MS Life's motion to compel arbitration. We agree.
Roberson purchased an automobile from Bay Chevrolet, Inc., in Mobile, Alabama. On May 16, 1996, Roberson sued Bay Chevrolet; MS Life; and Allen Adams, a salesman employed by Bay Chevrolet, in Mobile County Circuit Court. Roberson alleged that Adams, while acting in the line and scope of his…
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