Legal Opinion

Sawyers v. Herrin-Gear Chevrolet Co., Inc.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 7, 2010No. 2008-IA-01370-SCTPublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Andria Sawyers filed suit against Herrin-Gear Chevrolet Company, Inc. (Herrin-Gear) and American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida (American) in the Circuit Court of Wayne County, alleging fraud, breach of contract, and bad faith. Herrin-Gear filed its Motion to Compel Arbitration, joined by American, which the trial court granted. Sawyers thereafter filed with us a petition for interlocutory appeal, which we granted. See M.R.A.P. 5. Although Herrin-Gear and American assert no error in the trial court’s grant of arbitration, they do argue that,…

2Cases cited37 opinions

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3Cited by57 opinions

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