Marshall Durbin Farms, Inc. v. Fuller

Marshall Durbin Farms, Inc. ("Marshall Durbin"), and Clyde Roden, an employee of Marshall Durbin, appeal from an order denying their motion to compel arbitration of the claims presented in an action commenced against them by Freddie H. Fuller and Lila J. Fuller. We affirm.

The dispute out of which this appeal arose began soon after a fire in December 1997 damaged one of three poultry houses owned by the Fullers. The Fullers had used these houses since May 1983 to grow successive flocks of chickens for Marshall Durbin "for slaughter and processing." Each flock consisted of several thousand…