Auto-Owners Insurance v. Higby

Defendants appeal from a circuit court decision holding that defendants are not entitled to arbitrate certain claims against the plaintiff insurance companies. The circumstances leading up to this appeal are as follows:

Defendant Rosemary Higby was severely injured in an automobile accident in August, 1966, while she was a passenger in a motor vehicle, driven by her daughter, which collided with an uninsured motor vehicle. Defendants, Floyd and Rosemary Higby, were the owners of four motor vehicles insured under one policy with plaintiff, Auto-Owners, and upon which they paid four distinct…