MORGAN v. SANFORD BROWN INST.

A-31 September Term 2014, 075074

137 A.3d 1168 (2016)

225 N.J. 289

Annemarie MORGAN and Tiffany Dever, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SANFORD BROWN INSTITUTE, Career Education Corporation, Inc., Defendants-Respondents, and Matthew Diacont, Greg Lnu, Salvatore Costa, Janet Young, and Krista Holden, Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. O'Shea, Jr. , argued the cause for appellants.

Louis Smith , Florham Park, argued the cause for respondents ( Greenberg Traurig , attorneys; Mr. Smith and Brian T. Feeney , a member of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Connecticut bars, on the briefs).

James A. Barry argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Association for Justice (Locks Law Firm, attorneys; Mr. Barry, Michael A. Galpern , Cherry Hill , Andrew P. Bell , and Charles Riley , on the brief).

Mark Miller argued the cause for amicus curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

Gavin J. Rooney , Joseph A. Fischetti , Roseland, and Amy C. Gromek submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae New Jersey Civil Justice Institute and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.


Last term, we held that an arbitration provision in a consumer contract that fails to explain in some minimal way that arbitration is a substitute for a consumer's right to pursue relief in a court of law is unenforceable. Atalese v. U.S. Legal Servs. Grp., 219 N.J. 430

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