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12/12/13 REUTERS LEGAL 11:00:00
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December 12, 2013
Appeals court finds 'limited' arbitration ban for warranties in bed bug case
By Jessica Dye
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court has held that there is a "limited" ban on binding arbitration clauses in consumer warranties, in a case involving a couple who sued Rent-A-Center over a bed allegedly infested with bed bugs.
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Company: RENT A CENTER INC; SOUTHERN ENERGY HOMES INC
News Subject: (Legal (1LE33); Judicial Cases & Rulings (1JU36); Arbitration & Mediation (1AR68))
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Language: EN
Other Indexing: (Gerald Gaetano; Daniel Whitney; Christine Seney; James Mehigan; Antwan Seney; James Bredar; Peter Coleman; Diana Gribbon Motz)
Keywords: products (MCC:OEC); (N2:US); (N2:AMERS); (N2:USA); (MCCL:OVR)
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