Insurance Litigation, Non-Signatories, Arbitration

United States Court of Appeals Enforces Arbitration Agreement Against Third-Party Non-Signatories

Miller Canfield on 4/1/2025

Arbitration agreements often seem straightforward—until they unexpectedly bind parties who never signed them. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision in Various Insurers v. General...more

Court Compels Arbitration With Respect to Insurers, Not Brokers

Carlton Fields on 6/19/2020

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas recently compelled arbitration against insurers but not brokers related to a commercial insurance dispute....more

Texas High Court Declines To Enforce Compel Arbitration Against Non-Signatory

Carlton Fields on 7/19/2018

In a recent dispute involving a crop insurance policy, the Texas Supreme Court held that an independent insurance agency could not compel arbitration of certain claims brought against it in state court by an insured (JJ...more

Court Applies The “Intertwined-Ness Test” To Find That A Non-Signatory Could Invoke Equitable Estoppel To Compel Arbitration

Carlton Fields on 4/16/2018

The court applied a two-part “intertwined-ness test” to determine whether an arbitration agreement allowed a non-signatory to invoke equitable estoppel to compel arbitration....more

Eleventh Circuit Looks To Alabama’s Doctrine Of “Intertwining” To Determine Non-Signatory Cannot Be Compelled To Arbitrate

Carlton Fields on 3/28/2017

Under Alabama law, “arbitration may be compelled under the doctrine of ‘intertwining’ where arbitrable and nonarbitrable claims are so closely related that the party to a controversy subject to arbitration is equitably...more

Insurance Litigation › Non-Signatories › Arbitration

United States Court of Appeals Enforces Arbitration Agreement Against Third-Party Non-Signatories

Court Compels Arbitration With Respect to Insurers, Not Brokers

Texas High Court Declines To Enforce Compel Arbitration Against Non-Signatory

Court Applies The “Intertwined-Ness Test” To Find That A Non-Signatory Could Invoke Equitable Estoppel To Compel Arbitration

Eleventh Circuit Looks To Alabama’s Doctrine Of “Intertwining” To Determine Non-Signatory Cannot Be Compelled To Arbitrate

Arbitration Provision Enforced Against Non-Signatory Insurer

Third Circuit Reverses Equitable Estoppel Ruling Compelling Arbitration Against Non-Signatory Insurer

California’s “Third Party Litigation Exception” Not Preempted By The FAA

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