Marlowe v. IDS Property Casualty Insurance

¶ 1. IDS Property Casualty Insurance Company appeals a declaratory judgment restricting IDS's right to obtain discovery from its insureds, Mary and Leslie Marlowe, in a pending arbitration. The arbitration panel had previously interpreted a clause in the parties' arbitration agreement to allow IDS to conduct the full range of discovery permitted under Wis. Stat. ch. 804.1 However, before any discovery was conducted, the circuit court independently interpreted the agreement and concluded the same clause restricted discovery to the procedures allowed under the Wisconsin Arbitration Act, Wis.…