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Contract Law Appellate Court Opinion

by Oumano, Emily

 

AC46539 - Larobina v. Altice Media Solutions, LLC (“The self-represented plaintiff, Vincent P. Larobina, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a bench trial, in favor of the defendant, Altice Media Solutions, LLC. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court incorrectly concluded that (1) his request for a declaratory judgment—to the extent it sought to invalidate the arbitration provision incorporated into his services agreement with the defendant on the basis that it contained an improper, so-called ‘‘infinite arbitration clause’’—was nonjusticiable, (2) the services agreement was lawfully formed, and (3) insofar as the arbitration provision applied to the parties’ underlying telephone service dispute, the provision was not unconscionable. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm in part the judgment of the trial court; we reverse in part the judgment to correct its form.”

“The form of the judgment with respect to the plaintiff’s claim for a declaratory ruling pertaining to the infinite arbitration clause is improper, the judgment is reversed only as to that claim and the case is remanded with direction to render judgment dismissing that claim; the judgment is affirmed in all other respects.”)