Monthly Archives: July 2020

In Doe v. TCSC, LLC, d/b/a Hendrick Toyota of North Charleston, the South Carolina Court of Appeals punted to an arbitrator to decide whether a car dealer’s broad arbitration provision encompasses events arising four-and-a-half years after Jane Doe purchased her car. The factual context, as described by the court: “Doe returned to the dealership toContinue reading “Court Determines Arbitrator Must Decide Whether Claim Is Subject To Arbitration”

“We conclude substantial evidence supported the trial court’s determination that Defendants waived their right to arbitrate the dispute.” So concludes a California Court of Appeal in T&S Therapy Centre International, Inc. v. Apex Dental Sleep Lab Incorporated.

Against a fact pattern that will make your head spin, a three judge Pennsylvania panel in Wallace v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance has affirmed a sua sponte award of attorneys’ fees against a party whose attorney raised “vexatious and obdurate” challenges to the arbitrator’s participation.