Arbitration Horror Stories

Mother Jones’s Stephanie Mencimer did a fantastic job of reporting one couple’s epic struggle with Michigan-based franchise, Coffee Beanery. Although they’ve completed depleted their savings taking the company to task through arbitration and lost, they were able to beg, borrow and steal to get the arbitrator’s award thrown out by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (the second appeal, the first of which was unsuccessful). It’s now the company’s turn to appeal and we’ll see what happens. It’s such a shame that the road to justice is so long and arduous in this wonderful country. Please read the entire story here, you’ll be glad you did.