Legal Opinion
Hubner v. Cutthroat Communications, Inc.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 2003No. 03-060PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Warner
¶1 Cutthroat Communications (Cutthroat) appeals an order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, denying its motion to compel arbitration of Elizabeth Hubner’s (Hubner) wrongful discharge from employment claim. We affirm.
¶2 We address the following issue on appeal: Did the District Court err in concluding Hubner did not agree to binding arbitration by signing the acknowledgment in her employee handbook?
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶3 In late 2000, Hubner was hired to work for Cutthroat as the controller in charge of accounting. She started working on January 2, 2001.…
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