SIMMONS HOUSING, INC. v. Shelton

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Roy and Kimberly Shelton, individually and as next friends of their two minor children, filed suit against Simmons Housing, Inc., and Southern Energy Homes, Inc., in which they alleged several claims concerning an allegedly defective mobile home. The circuit court compelled Roy’s and Kimberly’s claims to arbitration based on two agreements they had signed in purchasing the mobile home. The circuit court refused, however, to compel the minor, nonsignatory children’s claims to arbitration. Finding no error, we affirm.

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¶ 2. In…