MASON v. ACCEPTANCE LOAN CO., INC.

1010563 and 1010564.

850 So.2d 289 (2002)

Charlie MASON et al. v. ACCEPTANCE LOAN COMPANY, INC., et al. Charlie Thigpen et al. v. Acceptance Loan Company, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Applications Denied November 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere L. Beasley, W. Daniel Miles III, and C. Lance Gould of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery; Terry L. Butts of Cervera, Ralph & Butts, Troy; and Thomas R. Fields III and Will R. Kelly, Hayneville, for appellants.

Lamar C. Johnson of Gilmore Law Office, Grove Hill, for appellee Acceptance Loan Company, Inc.

W. Michael Atchison, Rik S. Tozzi, and Brian A. Dodd of Starnes & Atchison, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellee Protective Life Insurance Company.

Bibb Allen and Richard E. Smith of Christian & Small, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellee CNL Insurance America, Inc.


HOUSTON, Justice.1

This is an appeal from an order of the Lowndes Circuit Court granting the defendants' motions to compel arbitration; it involves, among other things, the effect of the plaintiffs' alleged mental retardation on their ability to contract. We affirm.

I. Facts

Charlie Mason, Charlie Thigpen, and others (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the plaintiffs") sued Acceptance Loan Company, Inc.,...

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