United States First Circuit

In plaintiff’s suit against a company alleging that she was denied employment because of her gender and pregnancy at the time of her application, district court’s denial of the company’s motion to compel arbitration pursuant to an arbitration clause in plaintiff’s job application is affirmed, not on the issue of the validity of the agreement as the district court held, but based on the ambiguity concerning the scope of the arbitration clause. Thus, the court found that, because of the obligation under Maine law to construe ambiguities against the drafter of a contract, plaintiff is not required to arbitrate her claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/17/2012
• Published 07/17/2012

Judges

• Lipez

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel