Court Opinion

ID: 9839747
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-13 20:08:01.681205+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:33.609781
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              EASTERN DISTRICT

JENNIFER SANTIAGO AND SAMUEL                    : No. 96 EAL 2023
SANTIAGO,                                       :
                                                :
                     Respondents                : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                                : from the Order of the Superior Court
                                                :
              v.                                :
                                                :
                                                :
PHILLY TRAMPOLINE PARK, LLC I/P/A               :
SKY ZONE, D/B/A SKY ZONE                        :
TRAMPOLINE PARK D/B/A SKY ZONE                  :
PHILADELPHIA, SKY ZONE                          :
PHILADELPHIA, INC., SKY ZONE                    :
TRAMPOLINE PARK A/K/A SKY ZONE                  :
PHILADELPHIA,                                   :
                                                :
                     Petitioners                :

                                        ORDER

PER CURIAM

      AND NOW, this 13th day of September, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioners, are:

      (1)    Whether the Superior Court erred in finding that the arbitration provision set
             forth in the Participation Agreement signed by Respondent Mother Jennifer
             Santiago (“Respondent Mother”) is unenforceable as to the claims of
             Respondent Father Samuel R. Santiago (“Respondent Father”), where
             Respondent Mother was acting as the Respondent Father’s agent to the
             extent the Participation Agreement related to the Plaintiff Minor Isabella
             Santiago’s (“Respondent Minor”) use of Petitioners’ trampoline park.

      (2)    Whether the Superior Court erred in finding that the arbitration provision set
             forth in the Participation Agreement signed by Respondent Mother is
             unenforceable as to the claims of Respondent Minor, such that Respondent
             Minor may now disavow this arbitration provision and bring her claims—
             which fall squarely within the scope of the arbitration provision—before a
             court of law.

      The Application for Leave to File Brief of Amici Curiae filed by Get Air Management,

Inc., the Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’

Association, and the National Federation of Independent Business, Inc. is also

GRANTED.

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