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CLASS ACTION WAIVER. Any Claim must be brought in the party’s individual capacity, and not as a class member in any purported class, collective, representative, multiple plaintiff, mass joinder or similar basis (“Class Action”). The parties expressly waive any ability to maintain any Class Action in any forum whatsoever, including, but not limited to, any action based on federal, state, or local privacy, marketing, telemarketing, debt collection, or other consumer protection laws. Any claim that all or part of this Class Action Waiver is unenforceable, unconscionable, void, or voidable shall be determined only by an arbitrator in accordance with the Mandatory Arbitration provision set forth herein. THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A RIGHT TO LITIGATE AS A PARTY TO A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, HOWEVER, THEY UNDERSTAND AND CHOOSE TO HAVE ANY CLAIMS DECIDED INDIVIDUALLY. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THIS PROVISION IS INTENDED TO AND SHALL SURVIVE TERMINATION OF THIS OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
MANDATORY ARBITRATION. Purchaser and TruGreen agree that any claim, dispute or controversy (“Claim”) between them or against the other or the employees, agents or assigns of the other, and any Claim arising from or relating to this agreement or the relationships which result from this agreement including but not limited to any tort or statutory Claim shall be resolved by neutral binding arbitration by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), under the Commercial Arbitration Rules or Consumer Arbitration Rules of the AAA, as applicable, in effect at the time the Claim is filed (“AAA Rules”). AAA Rules and forms may be obtained and all claims shall be filed at any AAA office, www.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879. Each party shall be responsible for paying its own attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses, but the arbitration fees and arbitrator compensation shall be payable as provided in the AAA Rules. If the amount in controversy is less than $10,000, the arbitration will be conducted on the basis of written submissions only. If the amount in controversy is $10,000 or more but less than $100,000, the arbitration will be conducted in-person before a single arbitrator without the option for appeal. If the amount in controversy is $100,000 or more, the arbitration will be conducted in-person before a panel of three arbitrators without the option for appeal. Any arbitration hearing at which the parties appear personally will take place at a location within the United States federal judicial district in which Purchaser resides. The parties may mutually agree to hold any in-person hearing via synchronous video conference. The arbitrator’s decision will be accompanied by a written reasoned opinion. The arbitrator’s power to conduct any arbitration proceeding under this arbitration agreement shall be limited as follows: any arbitration proceeding under this agreement will be brought on an individual basis and will not be consolidated or joined with any arbitration proceeding under any other agreement, or involving any other property or person, and will not proceed as a class action or private attorney general action. The foregoing prohibition on consolidated, class action and private attorney general arbitrations is an essential and integral part of this arbitration clause and is not severable from the remainder of the clause. The decision of the arbitrator shall be a final and binding resolution of the Claim. This arbitration agreement is made pursuant to a transaction involving interstate commerce and shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. 9 U.S.C Sections 1-16. Judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Neither party shall sue the other party with respect to any matter in dispute between the parties other than for enforcement of this arbitration agreement or of the arbitrator’s award. THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A RIGHT OR OPPORTUNITY TO LITIGATE DISPUTES THROUGH A COURT AND TO HAVE A JUDGE OR JURY DECIDE THEIR CASE, BUT THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTES DECIDED THROUGH ARBITRATION AND WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, TO BRING A CLASS ACTION, OR TO HAVE THEIR CLAIMS JOINED WITH THE CLAIMS OF OTHERS.
ADDITIONAL RULES FOR MASS ARBITRATION. If twenty-five (25) or more similar Claims are asserted against TruGreen by the same or coordinated counsel or are otherwise coordinated (and Purchaser’s claim is one such Claim), Purchaser and TruGreen agree that these additional procedures set forth in this subsection will apply. Purchaser and TruGreen also understand and agree that, such event, the resolution of the Claim might be delayed.
Purchaser and TruGreen also agree to the following process and application of the AAA Multiple Consumer Case Filing Fee Schedule and Supplementary Rules. Counsel for the claimants and counsel for TruGreen shall each select ten (10) Claims (per side) to proceed first in individual arbitration proceedings as part of a staged process. The remaining Claims shall not be filed or deemed filed in arbitration nor shall any AAA fees be assessed in connection with those Claims until they are selected to proceed to individual arbitration proceedings as part of the staged process. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a single arbitrator shall preside over each Claim. Only one Claim may be assigned to each arbitrator as part of the staged process unless the parties agree otherwise. If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining Claims after the conclusion of the initial twenty (20) proceedings, the parties shall participate in a global mediation session before a retired state or federal court judge, and TruGreen shall pay the mediator's fee.
If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining matters in mediation at this time, each side shall select twenty (20) Claims (per side) to proceed to individual arbitration proceedings as part of a second staged process. (If there are fewer than forty (40) claims remaining, all shall proceed.) The remaining Claims shall not be filed or deemed filed in arbitration nor shall any AAA fees be assessed in connection with those Claims until they are selected to proceed to individual arbitration proceedings as part of the staged process. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a single arbitrator shall preside over each Claim. Only one Claim may be assigned to each arbitrator as part of the staged process unless the parties agree otherwise. If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining Claims after the conclusion of the forty (40) proceedings, the parties shall participate in another global mediation session before a retired state or federal court judge, and TruGreen shall pay the mediator's fee.
If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining matters in mediation at this time, this staged process shall continue with one hundred (100) Claims proceeding at one time that are selected randomly or by the AAA in staged sets, until all the Claims included in these coordinated filings, including Purchaser’s Claim, are adjudicated or otherwise resolved. Between staged sets of proceedings, TruGreen agrees to participate in a global mediation session should the coordinated counsel request it in an effort to resolve all remaining Claims.
- Any applicable limitations periods (including statutes of limitations) and any arbitration fee deadlines shall be tolled for Claims subject to these additional procedures from the time the first Claims are selected to proceed until the time Purchaser’s Claim is selected, withdrawn, settled, or otherwise resolved.
- Each arbitrator shall endeavor to issue their award within 120 days of their appointment or as swiftly as possible while ensuring fairness to the parties.
- Counsel for the parties will meet and confer throughout this process in an effort to informally resolve the remaining Claims, streamline procedures, address the informal exchange of information, modify the number of Claims to be adjudicated in any given set of staged proceedings, and ensure the process remains fair and efficient for all parties.
- A court of competent jurisdiction will have the authority to enforce this “Additional Procedures for Mass Arbitration” section of the Arbitration Agreement, including by enjoining the mass filing, the prosecution or administration of arbitrations, or the assessment or collection of AAA fees.
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