WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INS. SOCIETY v. HARRIS

1980395.

740 So.2d 362 (1999)

WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY, v. Larry Dewayne HARRIS.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Percy Badham III, Stephen C. Jackson, and Brannon J. Buck of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

William H. Atkinson and J. Daryl Burt of Fite, Davis, Atkinson, Guyton & Bentley, P.C., Winfield, for appellee.

Frank M. Bainbridge and Alfred F. Smith, Jr., of Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, L.L.P., Birmingham, for amicus curiae National Fraternal Congress of America.

Donna Ward Black and Richard F. Pate of Richard F. Pate & Associates, P.C., Mobile, for amici curiae Gene D. Pruett, Sr., and Glenda Y. Pruett.

Thomas T. Gallion III of Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Gallion, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Woodmen of the World-Alabama Jurisdiction.


HOUSTON, Justice.

Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society ("Woodmen"), a defendant in an action pending in the Marion Circuit Court, appeals from the trial court's order denying its motion to compel arbitration of the fraud claims filed by the plaintiff, Larry Dewayne Harris.1 We reverse and remand.

The pertinent facts are as follows: Woodmen is a licensed fraternal benefit society organized under the laws of Nebraska. Fraternal...

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