Legal Opinion
State Farm Gen. Ins. Co. v. Watts Regulator Co.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided November 30, 2017No. B271236PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrimes, J.
*1095SUMMARY
A nonprofit organization (Arbitration Forums, Inc. or AF) provides arbitration services for insurers and self-insured companies who become members of AF by signing its "Property Subrogation Arbitration Agreement" (the AF arbitration agreement). Plaintiff State Farm General Insurance Company and *1096defendant Watts Regulator Company are members of AF that signed the AF arbitration agreement many years ago. After notice to its members in November 2014, AF changed the AF arbitration agreement, effective January 1, 2015, to exclude product liability claims from the kinds of claims subject to…
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