APEX 1 PROCESSING, INC. v. Edwards

OPINION

MAY, Judge.

Apex 1 Processing, a “payday loan” business, includes in its loan contracts a compulsory arbitration provision. Akeala Edwards brought a class action 1 alleging Apex, doing business as payday lender Paycheck Today, engaged in unfair trade practices. Apex moved to compel arbitration of Edwards’ claim, but the trial court denied the motion because the arbitrator designated in the contract was no longer permitted to perform such arbitrations. As the designation of the arbitrator was integral to the arbitration provision, the trial court correctly determined that the agreement…