Legal Opinion
Companion Life Ins. Co. v. Whitesell Mfg., Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 1, 1995No. 1941373PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant, Companion Life Insurance Company ("Companion"), appeals from the trial court's order denying its motion to compel the plaintiff, Whitesell Manufacturing, Inc. ("Whitesell"), to submit its various state law claims (including claims based on allegations of fraud, negligence, wantonness, breach of contract, and bad faith failure to pay an insurance claim) to arbitration.1 We affirm.
Whitesell's claims arose out of Companion's alleged wrongful refusal to pay under an "excess loss" insurance policy that Whitesell had purchased. Under that policy, which contained an arbitration…
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