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Fla. Justices Say Warranties Need Not Disclose Arbitration
Law360 (February 18, 2021, 6:42 PM EST) The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission s rule requiring the disclosure of certain product warranty information in a single document to comply with the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act does not require the disclosure of a binding arbitration agreement.
The court s 5-1 decision upheld a ruling from the state s Fifth District rejecting consumer Les Krol s argument that an arbitration agreement in his purchase order of a used truck from Gibson Auto Sales Inc. was not enforceable because it was not disclosed in a single document with other warranty terms. The high court s decision also resolved a certified conflict that.