Fatica Renovations, L.L.C. v. Bridge

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• holding that appraisal was arbitration where contractual provision identified the dispute, submitted the dispute to third parties, and made the decision by the third parties binding
• finding that a substantially similar appraisal clause in a GEICO auto insurance policy to be an arbitration clause under the Federal Arbitration Act
• noting appraisal provision in collision-insurance agreement allows insurer or insured to seek independent appraisal and appointment of “disinterested umpire” to resolve disputes on valuation of loss
• where a party claimed that a method of calculating her loss violated a provision of the insurance policy, that was an interpretive dispute inappropriate for appraisal
• insurance policy stated: “If we and the insured do not agree on the amount of loss, either may, within 60 days after proof of loss is filed, demand an appraisal of the loss.”
• “The appraisal process here constitutes arbitration for purposes of the FAA.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).