Gayfer Montgomery Fair Co. v. Austin

On March 15, 2002, Pinkey Burns Austin sued Gayfer Montgomery Fair Co. d/b/a Dillard's ("Dillard's"), her employer, seeking workers' compensation benefits and damages for retaliatory discharge. Dillard's is a Delaware corporation that owns and operates department stores throughout the United States; its principal place of business is in Arkansas. Dillard's filed a motion to dismiss Austin's retaliatory-discharge claim and to compel arbitration of that claim.1 In support of this motion, Dillard's filed three affidavits of Diane Ledbetter, operations manager for the Auburn store, where Austin…