US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinions McDonnel Group, LLC v. Great Lakes Insurance SE Docket: 18-30817 Opinion Date: May 13, 2019 Judge: E. Grady Jolly Areas of Law: Arbitration & Mediation, Insurance Law After insurers denied McDonnel's claim, McDonnel initiated a declaratory and breach of contract action. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the action in favor of arbitration and held that the insurance policy's conformity provision did not negate the agreement to arbitrate. The court held that the state statute, La. Rev. Stat. Ann. 22:868, was preempted by the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, and thus the statute did not and could not apply to McDonnel's policy. Consequently, there was no conflict between the policy and the state statute. Therefore, the court held that the conformity provision was not triggered, and its inapplicability leads only to the conclusion that the arbitration provision survives, undiminished by state law. Read Opinion
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