2019-CA-00340-SCT JACKSON MAC HAIK CDJR, LTD. Because the Mississippi Supreme Court found that the claims fell within the scope of the valid arbitration provision, and that no defenses existed to bar arbitration, it reversed reverse the circuit court’s order denying Mac Haik’s motion to compel arbitration and ordered the claims to arbitration. Mac Haik appealed the circuit court’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration. Mac Haik, finding that all of Hester’s claims, which sounded in tort or contract and related to her purchase or condition of the vehicle at issue, argued that the claims were subject to arbitration. Hester alleged that Mac Haik took possession of her vehicle to make warranted repairs and later allowed it to be towed. Hester never served American Warranty with a summons and copy of her complaint. In 2017, Hester sued Mac Haik, American Financial Warranty Corporation (American Warranty), Randy Miggins d/b/a M&S Towing, and Randy Miggins, alleging that the vehicle she bought from Mac Haik “was defective in materials and workmanship from and after the date of purchase” and “that said defects have existed since the Plaintiff started using said vehicle.” She alleged further that American Warranty issued her a warranty but failed to repair her truck. The contract contained an arbitration provision. Hester executed a retail-installment sale contract with Mac Haik for the purchase of the vehicle. In 2016, plaintiff Brenda Hester purchased a used 2014 Dodge Ram from Jackson Mac Haik CDJR, Ltd. Mac Haik appeals the circuit court’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration.
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