Judge: Arbitration Clause, Sovereign Immunity Apply In Crop Insurance Row

( January 17, 2024, 12:38 PM EST) -- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Ruling in part that all claims against a crop insurer must be arbitrated “at least for ‘gateway’ matters” and that the government defendants didn’t waive their sovereign immunity, a Michigan federal judge dismissed a suit over claims that the plaintiffs say have not been adjusted in more than three years....