Allstate Insurance Co. v. Bradtmueller

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge

Case Summary

Appellant-Defendant Allstate Insurance Co. (“Allstate”) brings this interlocutory appeal from the denial of its motion for summary judgment in the lawsuit brought by its insured, Appellee-Plaintiff Angela H. Bradt-mueller (“Bradtmueller”), to recover benefits under the underinsured motorist endorsement of Allstate’s policy. We affirm.

Issue

The sole issue raised on appeal may be restated as whether the trial court correctly concluded that Bradtmueller could invoke the “escape clause”1 in the arbitration provision of Allstate’s policy to obtain a trial on the…