Wood v. Millers National Insurance

OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

The defendant, Millers National Insurance Company, has appealed an order denying its motion to compel arbitration, or in the alternative, to stay proceedings of the district court. The suit arose from a collision between the plaintiff Wood and an uninsured motorist, Gonzales. Both Wood and Gonzales were injured. Wood was operating a vehicle insured by Millers. Millers undertook Wood’s defense in a suit initiated by Gonzales, and suggested that Wood counterclaim. Wood’s personal attorney demanded that in addition to providing a defense, Millers cover Wood’s own injuries…