Martha Olson v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc.

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• assuming in dictum that the 1983 amendment had the same effect on existing agreements as the 1976 amendment
• assuming in dictum that the 1983 amendment had the same effect on existing agreements as the 1976 amendment
• finding it \impossible to understand\ how the plaintiff was hurt by defendant's failure to advise her in the agreement that she could elect a qualified arbitration forum and that defendant would pay any incremental fees assessed by the arbitrators
• finding it “impossible to understand” how the plaintiff was hurt by defendant’s failure to advise her in the agreement that she could elect a qualified arbitration forum and that defendant would pay any incremental fees assessed by the arbitrators
• “The standard for declaring a decision or doctrine of a higher court defunct is . . . whether the lower court is certain or almost certain that the decision or doctrine would be rejected by the higher court if a case presenting the issue came before it.” (emphasis added)
• affirms enforcement of arbitration under CEA

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