STONEMOR ALABAMA, LLC v. Summers

STUART, Justice.

Michelle Summers sued StoneMor Alabama, LLC, and StoneMor Alabama Supply Subsidiary, Inc. (hereinafter referred to collectively as “StoneMor”), affiliated companies that jointly own and operate Lakeview Memory Gardens, a cemetery in Phenix City, alleging conversion, negligence, and the tort of outrage after Stone-Mor removed a stone memorial bench Summers had had installed on the grave of her deceased husband. StoneMor thereafter moved the trial court to compel Summers to pursue her claims in arbitration pursuant to an arbitration clause in a burial contract she had entered…