Weidert v. Hanson

¶1 A superior court purporting to act in equity refused to compel arbitration pursuant to a valid arbitration clause in a federally mandated crop insurance contract. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Weidert v. Hanson, 172 Wn. App. 106, 288 P.3d 1165 (2012). For the reasons discussed below, we grant review and reverse.

*464¶2 Through a private agent, Tim Weidert and L.W. Weidert Farms (collectively Weidert) bought a multiperil crop insurance policy for the 2009 crop year. The policy was issued by Producers Agriculture Insurance Company and reinsured by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation as…