Eric Niederer (Partner-Stamford, CT) and Casey Miller (Associate, Stamford, CT) prevailed on a motion to compel arbitration in Danbury Superior Court, Danbury, Connecticut, for Wilson Elser’s multinational technology company client. The plaintiff alleged he was injured in a two-vehicle collision involving a co-defendant driver and claimed our client was vicariously liable for the driver’s alleged negligence. The plaintiff maintained that the driver was our client's employee because he was using the client's app and transporting a passenger acquired through the company’s platform at the time of the accident.

Once litigation began, Eric and Casey filed a motion to stay proceedings and compel arbitration pursuant to our client's Terms of Service. After oral argument, the court required additional briefing from Wilson Elser on other motions to compel filed on our client’s behalf in the state, as well as arbitration agreements and clickwrap agreements. Following that briefing, the court granted the motion, the judge relying on caselaw cited in Eric and Casey’s motion and the applicable agreement between our client and the plaintiff.