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AMERICAN BANKERS LIFE ASSUR. OF FL. v. EVANS

No. 02-2500.

319 F.3d 907 (2003)

AMERICAN BANKERS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA and AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Darrell J. EVANS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Smith, St. Louis, MO, Farrokh Jhabvala (argued), Jordan Burt, Miami, FL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey A.J. Millar, Daniel J. Cohen (argued), Lakin Law Firm, Wood River, IL, Paul M. Weiss, Tod A. Lewis, Freed & Weiss LLC, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

When Darrell Evans sued American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida, American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida (collectively "American"), and Lowe's Home Centers, Inc., in an Illinois court, American responded by petitioning a federal court to compel Evans to arbitrate his claims instead. The district court granted Evans's motion to dismiss American's petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and American appeals...

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