Standard Security Life Insurance Company of New York, a New York Corporation v. Devin West

Standard Security Life Insurance Company of New York (Standard) appeals, pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 16(a), the District Court’s 1 grant of Devin West’s motion to dismiss Standard’s complaint which sought to invoke the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to compel arbitration of the parties’ insurance coverage dispute. 2 See Standard Sec. Life Ins. Co. v. West, 127 F.Supp.2d 1064 (W.D.Mo.2000). Having conducted a de novo review of the District Court’s judgment, see Honn v. Nat’l Ass’n of Sec. Dealers, 182 F.3d 1014, 1017 (8th Cir.1999), we affirm.

In November 1998, University of Missouri football player…