Supreme Court of Alabama· 6/29/2001

Cook's Pest Control, Inc. v. Boykin

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807 So. 2d 524
2001 WL 729291

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explaining that, generally, “a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement, cannot be forced to arbitrate [his] claims”
noting that, Georgia Power Co. v. Partin , 727 So.2d 2 , 8 (Ala. 1998), `Justice Shores, in her dissent, expressed the implicit holding of that case when she wrote that \`the plaintiffs could have avoided arbitration by not amending their complaint to state a contract claim.'\'
\It is black-letter law that arbitration agreements must be enforced according to general standards of contract law.\
third party's claims of negligence and wantonness were not subject to the arbitration provision
third party’s claims of negligence and wantonness were not subject to the arbitration provision
arbitration not compelled where movant attempted \to enforce the clause beyond its scope\

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Judges: Lyons

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