Legal Opinion
Noye v. Johnson & Johnson
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 11, 2018No. 1:15–cv–2382PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
III. DISCUSSION
A. Equitable Estoppel and Whether a Non-Signatory May Compel Arbitration
A non-signatory to an arbitration agreement may bind a signatory to that agreement in certain circumstances under the theory of equitable estoppel. See, e.g., Dwayne E. Williams, Binding Nonsignatories to Arbitration Agreements, 25-SPG FRANCHISE L.J. 175, 178 (2006) ("Equitable estoppel is typically applied against signatory plaintiffs ... to compel them to arbitrate claims asserted against defendant nonsignatories to the arbitration agreement."); see also Abrams v. Chesapeake Energy Corp., Nos.…
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