Ex-Detainee Can't Be Forced To Arbitrate Card Fee Suit

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge will not force arbitration in a proposed class action accusing a bank of charging former jail detainees debit card fees to regain access to their own money postrelease, saying the plaintiff never consented to an arbitration clause because the card was issued to him already activated.

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