SKUSE v. PFIZER, INC.

A-86 September Term 2018 082509.

236 A.3d 939 (2020)

244 N.J. 30

Amy SKUSE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. PFIZER, INC., John D. Witzig, Paul Mangeot, and Connie Corbett, individually, jointly, severally and/or in the alternative, Defendant-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Linthorst argued the cause for appellants (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Jackson Lewis , attorneys; Thomas A. Linthorst , Princeton, Sam S. Shaulson , John M. Nolan , Carla D. Macaluso , Berkeley Heights, and Timothy M. McCarthy , on the briefs).

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

David R. Kott argued the cause for amici curiae New Jersey Business & Industry Association, Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, and New Jersey Chamber of Commerce (McCarter & English, attorneys; David R. Kott and Edward J. Fanning, Jr. , of counsel and on the brief, and Steven H. Del Mauro , Newark, on the brief).

Andrée P. Laney argued the cause for amicus curiae Employers Association of New Jersey (Ford & Harrison and Employers Association of New Jersey, attorneys; Mark A. Saloman , of counsel and on the brief, and Jeffrey A. Shooman , Berkeley Heights, on the brief).

William D. Wright argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Association for Justice (The Wright Law Firm, attorneys; William D. Wright and David T. Wright , on the brief).

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

Leah S. Robinson submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (Mayer Brown, attorneys; Leah S. Robinson , Archis A. Parasharami , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Daniel E. Jones , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).

Gavin J. Rooney submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey Civil Justice Institute (Lowenstein Sandler, attorneys; Gavin J. Rooney and Justin Corbalis , Roseland, on the brief).


In this appeal, we review the trial court's decision dismissing plaintiff Amy Skuse's complaint against her former employer, Pfizer, Inc., and ordering arbitration of her employment discrimination claims.

In 2016, four years after it hired Skuse, Pfizer notified her of a new arbitration...

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