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I thought arbitration clauses were unbreakable until a guy in Seattle explained the 'small claims shuffle' to me
I always figured once you signed a contract with an arbitration clause you were stuck, no way around it. Then last week I was killing time in a bar near Pike Place and this retired paralegal started talking about how a $75 filing in small claims court can sometimes sidestep the whole arbitration process. He walked me through why companies often won't send a lawyer to fight a $400 dispute in small claims, so they just don't show up and you win by default. Now I'm wondering if the real loophole is just that the system is too expensive for them to bother with small stuff. Anyone here actually tried filing small claims against a company that had an arbitration clause?
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