... We decide in this case whether a statutory right to participate in class action lawsuits can
permissibly be foreclosed by a provision in a consumer contract compelling individual arbitration. ...
We reverse the order compelling arbitration and remand for further proceedings. [4]. ...
... The BIDMC and the other defendants moved to dismiss Warfield's complaint and compel
arbitration on the ground that the employment agreement she signed soon after she became
chief of anesthesiology mandated arbitration of all her claims. ...
... St. Fleur, a former employee, and to compel arbitration of that complaint, where
the subject matter of her complaint was covered expressly by an arbitration
agreement. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. ...