Legal Opinion
Farnsworth, III v. Towboat Nantucket Sound, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 17, 2015No. 14-1903PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Out of this maritime case come useful lessons for those who seek to challenge the validity of arbitration clauses in contracts they have signed.
Plaintiff Rodney Farnsworth, III, entered into a salvage contract with defendant Towboat Nantucket Sound; Inc. (“TNS”), to obtain help when Farnsworth’s boat went aground on rocks one night near the Weepecket Islands in Buzzards Bay. Farnsworth later tried to rescind the whole contract, claiming that he had signed it under duress, and disputed the sum owed to TNS.
The chronology of events is important. The parties by agreement…
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