Alan Shore - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nYEzak7b03k

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I can't connect to the city sewer without great expense. Therefore, I filed after my neighbor flew a drones at me. I felt I had no choice.​​​

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I sued the sellers and realtors to what I claim was gross misrepresentation about reasonably connecting to the city's sewer and the judge forced me into binding arbitration, despite my constitutional objections, but he dismissed them outright, stating that since the phrase “binding arbitration” was in bold text in the contract, I must have understood its ramifications. I did not.

 

For mediation - a step before arbitration - it would have cost me approximately $3,500, a total of $7,000 for one day without discovery. For arbitration one pays $500 an hour for a retired judge even though one pays nothing for a judge for a normal trial. …and statistically arbitration outcomes tend to favor the defendant, with lower success rates of 17% than trials at around 40% to 50%. In arbitration, you give up essential legal rights like your right to appeal.​​

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For more about why you should not sign a contract with binding arbitration read my book. ​