Arbitration – Employment application

An order denying a defendant employer’s motion to compel arbitration of a pregnancy discrimination claim asserted by an unsuccessful job applicant must be affirmed because of ambiguities in the arbitration clause language that must be construed against the defendant.

Gove v. Career Systems Development Corporation (Lawyers Weekly No. 01-186-12) (25 pages) (Lipez, J.) (Torruella, J., dissenting) (1st Circuit) Appealed from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (Docket No. 11-2468) (July 17, 2012).