Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. v. Walker

bln Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. v. Walker, 2014 Ark. 223, 434 S.W.3d 357, the circuit court denied the motion of appellants Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., and Bank of the Ozarks (Ozarks) to compel the arbitration of a class-action complaint filed by appel-lees, Robert Walker, Ann B. Hines, and Judith Belk on the ground that the arbitration provision in the account agreement between Ozarks and the appellees was unconscionable. This court reversed and remanded the circuit court’s decision, holding that the circuit court must first determine, as a threshold issue, whether there was a valid agreement to…