Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Lindsay

OPINION

ANDELL, Justice.

The issue presented by this petition is whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying relators’ motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act 1 (FAA).

I. BACKGROUND

The relator, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), is a mutual insurance company and several of its executives. The real parties in interest are all former Met-Life salesmen (the employees). In their petition, the employees allege that MetLife created a scheme to market life insurance as a “savings plan” or a “retirement plan” without ever mentioning the term “life…