Legal Opinion
Mazera v. Varsity Ford Management Services, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 19, 2009No. 08-1453, 08-1515PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Omari Mazera was fired from his job as a car porter at Varsity Ford Services, LLC. After filing a lawsuit against his former employer on the basis of race and disability discrimination, he moved the district court to declare that his prior written agreement to arbitrate this type of dispute was not enforceable. The district court denied the motion, holding that the arbitration agreement was binding on Mazera. But the court severed a cost-splitting provision in the agreement that required Mazera to pay up to $500 of the arbitration costs, holding that…
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