Alpine Glass, Inc. v. Country Mut. Ins. Co.

Alpine Glass, Inc. appealed the district court's partial denial of Alpine's motion to consolidate 482 short-pay claims for arbitration against the Country Mutual Insurance Co. and five of its subsidiaries. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Alpine's appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction, holding (1) the Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal under 28 U.S.C. 1291 because the district court's order was not a final order; and (2) the denial of a motion to consolidate arbitrations does not imperil a substantial public interest sufficient to warrant jurisdiction under the collateral order doctrine, and therefore, the order was not appealable under the collateral order doctrine. View "Alpine Glass, Inc. v. Country Mut. Ins. Co." on Justia Law