The Green Tree Financial Corp v Bazzle case is a landmark dispute in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The case revolved around a contract dispute between Green Tree Financial Corp, the petitioner, and Lynn W. Bazzle et al., the respondents. The case is significant as it sheds light on the …
Cole v. Burns is an important case that was decided by the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in 1997. In the decision, the court determined that in the event of arbitration, an employer cannot force an employee or former employee to bear the costs of the arbitrator’s fees. Clinton Cole was working as …
In Boykin v. Family Dollar, if a party puts the agreeement to arbitrate “at issue,” the Court must decide whether it is enforeable before compeling the parties to arbitration. Details of Boykin v. Family Dollar Timothy Boykin was working late at a Family Dollar store in the Detroit area in 2018. He was a manager at …
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Arbitration is a standard legal tool that businesses and entities use to settle disputes between parties outside of the courtroom. In the case Rent-A-Center West v. Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a court can only decide the enforceability of an arbitration provision if one party objects to that provision specifically. But if a party objects …
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Adrian Houser of the Milwaukee Brewers recently had an arbitration case decided regarding his contract negotiations. In 2021, there were 125 players eligible for arbitration. Of those, 12 went that route. Houser’s case was especially rare since most arbitration cases occur during the off-season. Houser’s occurred in May 2022, two months into the season, due to …
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The US Supreme Court recently decided a case further defining the FAA’s (9 U.S.C. § 1) exemption that “nothing herein contained shall apply to…any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate,” which prevents employers from forcing such class of workers into arbitration. The Court decided that to be “engaged” in “commerce” means to …
In 2021, Bennett Injury Law obtained a $195,000 settlement, putting $109,353.01 in our client’s pocket after paying attorney’s fees and all expenses. Our client, Brookins, was arrested while working for a local Dallas Car Dealership after the Car Dealership’s owner accused Brookins of stealing a vehicle. Brookins was arrested in front of his co-workers and …
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Towards the end of January 2022, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL) and three professional football teams. In the case, Flores alleges he was racially discriminated against during the hiring process with two separate teams, the Denver Broncos and the New York Giants, and in his firing …
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The Missouri Court of Appeals has ordered insurance magnate GEICO, famous for its smooth-talking lizard, to pay $5.2 million to a woman who contracted a sexually transmitted disease while engaging in sex in the back of a 2014 Hyundai Genesis. The incident occurred in 2017, when the plaintiff, identified in court documents as “M.O.,” and …
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In Morgan v. Sundance, the plaintiff, employed in a fast-food restaurant owned by the defendant for three months, worked overtime during her tenure there but was never paid the overtime wages. The employment agreement between both parties stated that if a dispute arises, arbitration must occur first before seeking a remedy via court proceedings. When …