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Supreme Court Allows Class Arbitration, Despite No Explicit Agreement, Deferring To Arbitrator’s Bargained-For Interpretation Of Contract

By Laura Lawless on June 17, 2013 Posted in Healthcare

The U.S. Supreme Court departed from the pro-arbitration stance it has taken in the past several terms in Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, No. 12-135, 569 U.S. ___ (June 10, 2013). Dr. John Sutter, a pediatrician, brought a putative class action lawsuit against Oxford Health Plans, a health insurance company, for Oxford’s purported failure … Continue Reading