1st Circuit: No Arbitration Of Wage Dispute Where Worker Didn’t Sign Agreement

Mealey's (December 7, 2017, 11:32 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A delivery company has no right to demand arbitration in a proposed class action wage dispute when the lead named plaintiff never signed the agreement containing the arbitration clause the company is now calling upon, a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 21 (Djamel Ouadani, et al. v. TF Final Mile LLC, f/k/a Dynamex Operations East, LLC, No. 17-1583, 1st Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 23493)....