AmSouth Bank v. Looney

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

The defendant AmSouth Bank appeals the order of the trial court denying the motion of AmSouth to compel the plaintiff Beulah H. Looney to arbitrate her claims against AmSouth. We reverse and remand with instructions.

Looney, a customer of AmSouth, sued AmSouth and its employee Helen Kendrick1 for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress for disclosing information about Looney’s Am-South bank accounts to certain persons. Relying on arbitration agreements contained in the “Customer Agreements” between Looney and AmSouth, AmSouth moved to compel…