· 9/7/2011
Krinsk v. SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Citations
- 654 F.3d 1194
- 80 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 749
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18521
- 2011 WL 3902998
How courts have described this case
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- stating defenses waived initially cannot be asserted in response to an amended complaint unless the amended complaint altered the scope or theory of the case
- compelling arbitration and holding that, after nine months of litigation, the plaintiff’s filing of an amended complaint that “unexpectedly change[d] the scope or theory of the plaintiff’s claims” nullified the defendant’s arbitration waiver
- cited 25 with approval in Burton v. Ghosh, 961 F.3d 960, 967 (7th Cir. 26 2020)
- “The invocation of the judicial process ordinarily establishes a waiver of the defendant’s right to compel arbitration . . . .”
- “The invocation of the judicial process ordinarily establishes a waiver of the defendant’s right to compel arbitration . . . .”
- “[W]hen a plaintiff files an amended pleading that unexpectedly changes the shape of the case, the case may be so altered that the defendant should be relieved from its waiver.”
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Judges: Tjoflat, Carnes, Hill
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