SKUSE v. PFIZER, INC.

DOCKET NO. A-3027-17T4.

202 A.3d 1 (2019)

457 N.J.Super. 539

Amy SKUSE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PFIZER, INC., John D. Witzig, Paul Mangeot, and Connie Corbett, Individually, Jointly, Severally and/or in the Alternative, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schorr , Cherry Hill, argued the cause for appellant (Schorr & Associates, PC, attorneys; Alan H. Schorr, on the briefs).

John M. Nolan argued the cause for respondents (Jackson Lewis, PC, attorneys; John M. Nolan, of counsel and on the brief; Carla D. Macaluso , Morristown and Timothy M. McCarthy , on the brief).

John J. Sarno , Newark, argued the cause for amicus curiae Employers Association of New Jersey (Ford & Harrison, LLP, attorneys; John J. Sarno and Mark A. Saloman , Berkeley Heights, of counsel and on the brief; Jeffrey A. Shooman , Berkeley Heights, on the brief).

Richard M. Schall argued the cause for amicus curiae National Employment Lawyers Association of New Jersey (Schall & Barasch, LLC, attorneys; Richard M. Schall, on the brief).

Lowenstein Sandler, LLP, attorneys for amicus curiae New Jersey Civil Justice Institute ( Gavin J. Rooney , on the brief).

Before Judges Sabatino, Haas and Mitterhoff.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

This case exemplifies an inadequate way for an employer to go about extracting its employees' agreement to submit to binding arbitration for future claims and thereby waive their rights to sue the employer and seek a jury trial.

The employer in this case emailed to its...

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