Legal Opinion
Escobar v. Celebration Cruise Operator, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 2015No. 14-11793PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the enforceability of the arbitration agreement in plaintiff Jorge Escobar’s employment contract with his former employer, the defendant Celebration Cruise Operator, Inc. (“Celebration”). Escobar appeals the district court’s order (1) granting Celebration’s motion to compel arbitration of Escobar’s Jones Act claims and (2) denying Esco-bar’s motion to remand his case to state court. After a review of the record and the parties’ briefs, and with the benefit of oral argument, we conclude the district court properly enforced Escobar’s arbitration…
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