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When signing up for Uber, do you waive your right to a trial? Pa.’s Supreme Court will decide.
Shannon Chilutti sued Uber after a 2019 car mishap. In the years since, she's been fighting the company's terms of service clause that mandates arbitration.
Uber objected to the lawsuit, citing a clause in the app’s terms of service in which users waive their right to a jury trial in favor of binding arbitration. Now the state’s highest court is tasked with applying contract law, written with paper and inked signatures in mind, to the digital era — as business and legal advocacy groups are closely watching for the outcome. Uber’s attorney, Michael Kichline of Morgan Lewis, attacked the appeal processes on procedural grounds, and told the justices the terms were available for anyone to review.
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