Court Opinion

ID: 9839746
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-13 20:08:01.250901+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:33.614347
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              EASTERN DISTRICT

ALESSANDRA SHULTZ, INDIVIDUALLY                 : No. 97 EAL 2023
AND AS P.N.G. FOR ROCCO SHULTZ, A               :
MINOR,                                          :
                                                : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                     Respondents                : from the Order of the Superior Court
                                                :
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              v.                                :
                                                :
                                                :
SKY ZONE, LLC,                                  :
                                                :
                     Petitioner                 :

                                        ORDER

PER CURIAM

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

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

      (1)    Whether the Superior Court erred in finding that the arbitration provision set
             forth in the Participation Agreement signed by Respondent Minor’s Father
             Ryan Shultz (“Father”) is unenforceable as to the claims of Respondent
             Mother Alessandra Shultz (“Respondent Mother”), where Mr. Shultz was
             married to and acting as Respondent Mother’s agent to the extent the
             Participation Agreement related to the Plaintiff Minor Rocco Shultz’s
             (“Respondent Minor”) use of Petitioner’s trampoline park.

      (2)    Whether the Superior Court erred in finding that the arbitration provision set
             forth in the Participation Agreement signed by Respondent Minor’s Father
             was unenforceable as to the claims of Respondent Minor, such that
             Respondent Minor may now disavow this arbitration provision and bring his
             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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