Navigation Appeals court affirms ruling that husband isn’t bound to wife’s arbitration agreement with Starbucks
A federal appeals court has affirmed a district court ruling that the husband of a former Starbucks employee could not be compelled to arbitrate based on an employment agreement signed by his wife.
In the December 16 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that the Middle District of Florida ruling in favor of Raphyr Lubin was proper. Lubin had argued Starbucks sent deficient health-insurance notices under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act as amended by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
Starbucks moved to compel arbitration based on the employment agreement signed by Lubin’s wife, but Lubin opposed it and argued he was not a party to his wife’s employment agreement.
