Lewis v. Conseco Finance Corp.

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These consolidated appeals present issues involving arbitration. The trial court granted Conseco Finance Corporation's motion to compel arbitration and denied a similar motion filed by WLS, Inc., Larry Smith, Gail Smith, and Lisa Melendy (hereinafter "the WLS defendants"1). For the reasons stated below, we affirm the trial court's judgment with respect to Conseco and reverse the trial court's judgment with respect to the WLS defendants.

I. Facts

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