Americo Life, Inc. v. Myer

Justice JOHNSON,

joined by Justice WILLETT, Justice LEHRMANN, and Justice BOYD, dissenting.

The parties in this case agreed to arbitrate disputes regarding Robert' Myer’s sale of life insurance companies to Americo for tens of millions of dollars, and agreed that the arbitration proceedings would be conducted in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA). When this dispute arose and Myer challenged the first two arbitrators appointed by Americo, the AAA disqualified them. Americo protested the disqualification of the first arbitrator it…