Regenscheid v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

Respondent Michelle Regenscheid was awarded $24,884.12 in a mandatory no-fault arbitration proceeding against her no-fault automobile insurance carrier, appellant Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (“Farm Bureau”). Farm Bureau filed a motion in district court to partially vacate the award on the grounds the arbitrator exceeded the $10,000 jurisdictional limit on mandatory no-fault arbitration. The district court concluded that Farm Bureau waived the jurisdictional limit by proceeding to arbitration and affirmed the award. The court of appeals affirmed, concluding that…