Travis v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a dispute about whether the insurer engaged in a fraudulent scheme to pay the insured below-market estimates for damaged cars was outside the appraisal process
• noting that appraisal clauses are enforceable in the same manner as arbitration clauses
• noting that appraisal clauses are enforceable in the same manner as arbitration clauses
• parties are bound to submit only those issues that they have agreed clearly to resolve through the arbitration mechanism to arbitration
• “where the trial court renders its decision without an evidentiary hearing and without findings on any factual issues, de novo review is appropriate”
• “Where there is a valid arbitration agreement and the parties’ dispute falls within the scope of that agreement, arbitration is mandatory and the trial court must compel it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).