District Court Dismisses Class Action In Favor Of Bilateral Arbitration In Favorable Ruling For Employers

On April 18, 2012, U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV issued a decision in Karp v. Cigna Healthcare Inc., No. 11-CV-10361 (D. Mass. Apr. 18, 2012), granting a defense motion to compel bilateral arbitration of the Plaintiff’s claims in a proposed $100 million gender discrimination class action against Cigna. The ruling applies the two recent Supreme Court arbitration opinions - AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S.Ct. 1740 (2011), and Stolt-Nielsen v. Animalfeeds International Corp., 130 S.Ct. 1758 (2010) - to eviscerate plaintiffs' class action.

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