MONSANTO CO. v. BENTON FARM

Nos. 1000900 through 1000903.

813 So.2d 867 (2001)

MONSANTO COMPANY and Mike Dugan v. BENTON FARM, a partnership; et al. Monsanto Company. v. John C. Henry, as administrator of the estate of Crawford Henry, deceased. Delta and Pine Land Company v. Benton Farm, a partnership; et al. Delta and Pine Land Company and Brad Smith v. John C. Henry, as administrator of the estate of Crawford Henry, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren B. Lightfoot, Harlan I. Prater IV, James F. Hughey III, and Kevin E. Clark of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, for Monsanto Company and Mike Dugan.

Steadman S. Shealy, Jr., and James H. Pike of Cobb, Shealy & Crum, P.A., Dothan, for Delta and Pine Land Company and Brad Smith.

N. Lee Cooper, W. Percy Badham III, Robert W. Tapscott, Jr., and Brannon J. Buck of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham; and P. Henry Pitts and Rickman E. Williams III of Pitts & Pitts, Selma, for appellees.


HARWOOD, Justice.

Monsanto Company and its employee Mike Dugan (jointly referred to as "Monsanto"), Delta and Pine Land Co. ("Delta"), and Brad Smith are defendants in two actions pending in the Lowndes County Circuit Court. They appeal the trial court's orders denying their motions to compel arbitration. The first of the two actions was filed by Benton Farm (a partnership), Hoffman Rhyne, Sr., Hoffman Rhyne, Jr., and Dan...

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