Haskins v. First American Title Insurance

OPINION

JOEL SCHNEIDER, United States Magistrate Judge.

This Opinion addresses whether non-signatories to an insurance policy containing an arbitration clause should be compelled to arbitrate rather than litigate their claims. Plaintiffs allege they were overcharged for the title insurance policies they purchased as a condition of refinancing their mortgages. The beneficiaries of the policies were plaintiffs’ non-party mortgage lenders. Plaintiffs’ title insurer, First American Title Insurance Company (“First American”), seeks to compel arbitration pursuant to an arbitration clause included in…