Dugan rejects arbitration clause of Casino Queen defendants, accused of cheating employees out of retirement income
Bortscheller EAST ST. LOUIS – Casino Queen directors and former owners can’t enforce individual arbitration of claims that they cheated employees out of retirement income, U.S. District Judge David Dugan ruled on Jan. 25. He rejected an arbitration clause that directors inserted by amendment in 2018, finding they failed to provide any consideration. “Consideration exists only if there is a grant of an advantage or the bargained for acceptance of a disadvantage,” Dugan wrote. He found the contract change was at worst illusory. He relied on an Illinois Su...
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