BICKERSTAFF v. SUNTRUST BANK

S15G1295.

788 S.E.2d 787 (2016)

BICKERSTAFF v. SUNTRUST BANK.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: July 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason James Carter , Steven Jason Rosenwasser , Michael Brian Terry , Joshua Ferber Thorpe , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 3900 One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3417, C. Ronald Ellington , 135 Beaver Trail, Athens, Georgia 30605, James Benjamin Finley , The Finley Firm, P.C., 2931 North Druid Hills Road, Suite A, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, for Appellant.

John Frank Salter, Jr. , Roy E. Barnes , The Barnes Law Group, LLC, 31 Atlanta Street, Marietta, Georgia 30060, Roy M. Sobelson , Georgia State University College of Law, P.O. Box 4037, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4037, for Amicus Appellant.

William N. Withrow, Jr. , Jaime L. Theriot , Lindsey Bowen Mann , Troutman Sanders LLP, Bank of America Plaza, Suite 5200, 600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216, for Appellee.

William V. Custer, IV , Jennifer Burch Dempsey , Byran Cave LLP, One Atlantic Center, Fourteenth Floor, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3488, Hardy Gregory, Jr. , Carley, Gregory & Gregory, 602 East 16th Avenue, Suite D, Cordele, Georgia 31015, George H. Carley , Carley, Gregory & Gregory, Decatur, 235 Glenndale Avenue, Decatur, Georgia 30030, William Joseph Sheppard , James Bates Brannon Groover, LLP, The Lenox Building, Suite 1700, 3399 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30326-1044, for Amicus Appellee.


Appellee SunTrust Bank created a deposit agreement to govern its relationship with its depositors that permits an individual depositor to reject the agreement's mandatory arbitration clause by giving written notice by a certain deadline, containing certain identifying information such as name and account number. SunTrust claims...

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