Sutter v. Oxford Health Plans, LLC, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2012).  Decisions in favor of class arbitration may seem to be few and far between these days.  But in this case, an arbitrator and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals came down in favor of class arbitration, based on the language of the arbitration clause at issue.  Judge Fuentes wrote the opinion for the panel.

Plaintiff was a doctor in defendant’s healthcare network.  The two parties signed an agreement that co

Repossession Specialists v. Geico Ins. Co., 423 N.J. Super. 518 (App. Div. 2012).  Annetta Jackson defaulted on her car loan, and Repossession Specialists (“Repossession”)  was sent to repossess the vehicle.  After the tow bar had already been attached and the repossessor was pulling away in the car, Jackson jumped on the tow bar and tried to open the trunk to get some of her belongings.  She fell and was injured.  She sued Repossession and others. 

Cambria v. Two JFK Blvd, LLC, 423 N.J. Super. 499 (App. Div. 2012).  Plaintiff was injured when he fell in the parking lot of a strip mall owned by defendant Two JFK Blvd, LLC.  Plaintiff sued that landlord, as well as a real estate manager, David Rubin.  Those defendants sought a declaration that they were covered by a liability insurance policy obtained by one of the strip mall’s tenants from Harleysville Insurance Company.  The key language of the policy stated that