Legal Opinion
Paladino v. Avnet Computer Technologies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 1998No. 96-2341PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Chief Judge:
Avnet, Inc., appeals a district court ruling refusing to compel arbitration in a former employee’s lawsuit alleging violations of Title VII and Florida law. We affirm.
FACTS
From September 23, 1992, until January 13, 1994, Ellen Sue Paladino worked for Av- net, Inc. (Avnet), as a Regional Technical Sales Consultant for the Southeastern United States. Prior to beginning work, Paladino signed a handbook acknowledgment containing a “consent to arbitration” agreement. The arbitration agreement (which was in smaller type than the handbook’s text) provided as follows:
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