Whitworth v. McBRIDE & SON HOMES, INC.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “[i]t is difficult to conceive how [Appellants] can claim they promised to be bound by the dispute resolution procedures ... when [a manager] never signed the ... Arbitration Agreement”
• noting that the lack of signature on an arbitration agreement, in conjunction with language in a handbook limiting the company’s ability to enter into a contract, shows that the company did not intend for the arbitration agreement to constitute a binding contract
• finding “no practical distinction between the facts of this case and Morrow.”
• burden of proof rests with party seeking to compel arbitration
• burden of proof rests with party seeking to compel arbitration

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).