Legal Opinion
Piano v. Premier Distributing Co.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided December 20, 2004No. 23,907PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VIGIL, J.
{1} Defendant appeals from a district court order denying its Motion to Compel Arbitration or, in the Alternative, to Dismiss arguing that an Employee Acknowledgment and Agreement (Arbitration Agreement) signed by Plaintiff requires her claims to be submitted to arbitration. We hold that the Arbitration Agreement is illusory and otherwise not supported by consideration. As a result, Plaintiff is not contractually bound to submit her claims to arbitration. We therefore affirm the district court.
BACKGROUND
{2} On October 21, 1986, Plaintiff commenced employment with Defendant,…
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