Hill v. Garda CL Northwest, Inc.

¶1 A court may not require a party to submit to class arbitration unless the party agreed to do so.1 Because the arbitration agreements central to this appeal are silent on the issue, the trial court erred by ordering the parties to submit their dispute to class arbitration. We reverse the trial court’s order compelling class arbitration and remand for arbitration on an individual basis.

FACTS

¶2 Garda CL Northwest Inc. is an armored transport company that employs over 100 armored truck crew members across Washington state. In February 2009, Lawrence Hill, Adam Wise, and Robert Miller…