Gozzi v. Western Culinary Institute, Ltd.

In this class action, defendants — Western Culinary Institute, Ltd. (WCI) and its parent company, Career Education Corporation — assert an interlocutory appeal, under ORS 36.730(l)(a), of the trial court’s order denying their motion to compel arbitration. Plaintiffs were students who attended defendants’ culinary trade school known as Le Cordon Bleu between March 1, 2006 and March 1, 2010, and have asserted claims for fraud and unfair trade practices under Oregon’s Unfair Trade Practices Act (UTPA). Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration concerns a subclass of about 1,060 of the roughly…