Legal Opinion
American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida and American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida v. Darrell J. Evans
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 2003No. 02-2500PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
When Darrell Evans sued American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida, American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida (collectively “American”), and Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., in an Illinois court, American responded by petitioning a federal court to compel Evans to arbitrate his claims instead. The district court granted Evans’s motion to dismiss American’s petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and American appeals. We affirm.
The Federal Arbitration Act governs the arbitration agreement in Evans’s cardholder contract but does not grant…
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