ANDERSON v. BANKS

Docket: Han-11-134

37 A.3d 915 (2012)

2012 ME 6

Carrie B. ANDERSON et al. v. Constance BANKS et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: January 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry K. Mills, Esq. (orally), Hale & Hamlin, LLC, Ellsworth, for appellants Carrie B. Anderson, Deborah B. Collins , Liela B. Johnson , and Rebecca B. York .

William D. Robitzek, Esq. (orally), and Paul F. Macri, Esq. , Berman & Simmons, P.A., Lewiston, for appellee William Banks, Jr.

Randolph A. Mailloux, Esq. , Mailloux & Marden, P.A., Belfast, for appellee Constance Banks.

Peter R. Roy, Esq. , Roy, Beardsley, Williams & Granger, LLC, Ellsworth, for appellee Mary L. Banks.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.


JABAR, J.

[¶ 1] This appeal primarily concerns whether a Settlement Agreement,1 which contains an arbitration clause, gave the arbitrator the authority to determine whether the Agreement was valid and enforceable. We conclude that it did and affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

[¶ 2] Carrie B. Anderson, Deborah Collins, Liela Johnson, and Rebecca York (collectively, the sisters) appeal, and Constance Banks, William...

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