MED CENTER CARS, INC. v. SMITH

1941257, 1941375, 1941258, 1941259, 1941376 to 1941378 and 1941624.

682 So.2d 382 (1996)

MED CENTER CARS, INC., d/b/a Med Center Mazda v. Douglas SMITH and Kimberly Smith. JIM BURKE AUTOMOTIVE, INC. v. Gregory TAPSCOTT, et al. U-J CHEVROLET, INC., and Jim Bishop Chevrolet-Geo-Buick-Oldsmobile, Inc. v. Stephen H. SCHOEPFLIN and Olivia Thompson, et al. ROEBUCK CARS, INC., d/b/a Roebuck Mazda v. David REYER. MITCHELL MOTORS, INC., d/b/a Mitchell Mazda v. Willie HERRING. CROWN PONTIAC, INC. v. Louis CLEMENTS. BONDY'S FORD, INC. v. Elisha BOWENS and Agnes Bowens.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Overruled June 28, 1996.

Concurring Opinion in Result in Overruling Rehearing June 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Rutherford, Jennifer M. Busby and Erie D. Franz of Burr & Forman, Birmingham, for Med Center Cars, Inc., d/b/a Med Center Mazda; Crown Pontiac, Inc.; Roebuck Cars, Inc., d/b/a Roebuck Mazda; and Mitchell Motors, Inc., d/b/a Mitchell Mazda. (Attorney Franz appeared on application for rehearing.)

William A. Davis III and Steven T. McMeekin of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for Jim Burke Automotive, Inc.

C. Lee Reeves and Samuel M. Hill of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham, for U-J Chevrolet Company, Inc. and Jim Bishop Chevrolet-Geo-Buick-Oldsmobile, Inc.

Jeffrey E. Friedman and P. Thomas Dazzio, Jr. of Starnes and Atchison, Birmingham, for Bondy's Ford, Inc.

Lanny S. Vines, Lloyd W. Gathings II, Michael L. Allsup and J. Flint Liddon of Emond & Vines, Birmingham, for Appellees.


Opinion by Justice Houston Concurring in Result in Overruling Rehearing June 28, 1996.

BUTTS, Justice.

The defendants appeal from the denial of their motions to stay proceedings pending arbitration of all claims in a purported class action.

Gregory Tapscott sued MS Dealer Service Corporation, Jim Burke Automotive, Inc., Mississippi Life Insurance Company, and MS Casualty Insurance Company, alleging that the defendants had violated the Alabama Mini...

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