TRUCK INS. EXCH. v. PALMER J. SWANSON, INC.

No. 47409.

189 P.3d 656 (2008)

TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE; Truck Underwriters Association; Farmers Insurance Exchange; Farmers Underwriters Association; and Mid-Century Insurance Company, Appellants, v. PALMER J. SWANSON, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 31, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon & Rees, LLP, and Scott R. Cook, Las Vegas, for Appellants.

Palmer J. Swanson, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

BEFORE HARDESTY, PARRAGUIRRE and DOUGLAS, JJ.


OPINION

By the Court, DOUGLAS, J.:

Generally, nonsignatories to arbitration agreements have been required to arbitrate under theories of incorporation by reference, assumption, agency, alter ego, and estoppel. In this appeal, we consider whether a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement can, nevertheless, be required to submit an oral contract dispute to arbitration. We also briefly address whether the doctrine of unclean hands should apply to bind...

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