ANDERSON v. FEDERATED MUT. INS. CO.

No. C0-90-1456.

481 N.W.2d 48 (1992)

Debra Lynn ANDERSON and Roger Norman, Trustees for the Heirs at Law of Cynthia Renae Norman, deceased, Petitioners, Appellants, v. FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Lander, Bergeson, Lander & Megarry, Bloomington, for appellants.

Kenneth F. Johannson, Dickel, Johannson, Taylor & Rust, Crookston, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


KEITH, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case is whether an oral agreement to submit a dispute to arbitration is enforceable in this state when one of the parties refuses to submit the dispute to arbitration. We hold that the oral agreement is not enforceable prior to the actual submission to arbitration.

Cynthia Renae Norman, age 15, was a passenger in the back seat of a car which was being towed out of a ditch in rural Roseau County by a pick-up truck owned...

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