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LITTLE v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 95-063.

705 A.2d 538 (1997)

Don and Joan LITTLE v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce M. Lawlor of Lawlor & Koitto, Springfield, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael J. Gannon and Joshua L. Simonds of Affolter Clapp Gannon, Ltd., Burlington, for defendant-appellee.

Before GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

DOOLEY, Justice.

This case presents the single issue of whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts the Vermont Arbitration Act (VAA) and makes irrevocable an agreement to arbitrate an uninsured motorist coverage dispute. This issue was left open in Preziose v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co., 152 Vt. 604, 607, 568 A.2d 397, 398-99 (1989) because the arbitration agreement in that case was entered into before the effective...

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