Court Agreed With Chatarpaul Law and Denied Corbion’s Motion To Compel Arbitration in an Employment Discrimination Case

In Davis v. Corbion d/b/a Caravan Ingredients, the plaintiff filed a race discrimination claim (among other claims) against Corbion d/b/a Caravan Ingredients, located in Totowa, New Jersey.

The plaintiff alleges that Corbion, his supervisors, warehouse manager and the head of Human Resources discriminated against him on the basis of his race, disability and other protected factors.

Corbion filed a motion to compel arbitration arguing that plaintiff was a member of the union and the arbitration agreement entered into by the union required plaintiff to arbitrate his claims, rather than file a lawsuit in Court.

We filed an opposition to the motion to compel arbitration arguing that Corbion’s arbitration agreement was invalid because Corbion failed to prove that the plaintiff clearly and unequivocably waive his constitutional and statutory right to file his lawsuit in court in accordance with New Jersey courts’ precedents.

The court agreed and denied Corbion’s motion to compel arbitration.