Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, D/b/a Gcr Tires & Service v. Ottis Adams

Summary

The court held that Bridgestone could enforce the employee dispute-resolution plan and that Adams's claims for defamation and interference with his business relationship fell within the plan's arbitration provision. Any ambiguity in the exclusion for trade-secret and noncompetition claims was resolved in favor of arbitration, and Bridgestone had not waived arbitration through its litigation conduct. The judgment denying arbitration was reversed and the case was remanded; no separate opinions were issued.