I will not be taking Amtrak while they force arbitration should injury or death occur while on their trains.
The clause, which one critic of arbitration told POLITICO was among the most broad, detailed and anti-consumer she’d ever seen, covers everything from ticket disputes to discrimination to wrongful death. That means the multimillion-dollar court settlements following major crashes in recent years wouldn’t be possible under the new agreement. Victims now have to go through a process largely controlled by the company, with a single arbitrator and lacking some of the protections of the judicial system.