Manfredi v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and its affiliates1 (collectively referred to as “BCBS”) bring this interlocutory appeal challenging the denial of its motion to compel arbitration in an action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief brought by Dr. Ronald Manfredi in the Circuit Court of Jackson County. BCBS argues that the court erred in determining that the arbitration clause at issue is unconscionable, in invalidating the entire arbitration provision rather than severing the offending provisions, and in finding the BCBS had waived arbitration. For the…