Denial Of Franchisor’s Arbitration Request In Misclassification Suit Vacated

(March 26, 2018, 11:06 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — An appeals court panel in Massachusetts on March 22 overturned a trial court justice’s ruling denying arbitration in a franchisee’s misclassification suit, saying the justice erred when finding that the franchisor waived its right to arbitration by introducing material outside the pleadings with its motion (Claudio Brandao, et al. v. Jan-Pro Franchising International Inc., No. 17-P-636, Mass. App., 2018 Mass. App. LEXIS 263)....