This provision requires all disputes between users and Lime to be resolved through individual binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, rather than through court proceedings.
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This provision establishes that disputes must proceed through individual AAA arbitration, with arbitration hearings conducted in the user's metropolitan statistical area of residence at the time of the dispute. The delegation clause additionally routes all questions about the arbitration agreement's validity and enforceability to the arbitrator rather than a court.
The agreement requires users to resolve all claims against Lime through individual arbitration rather than court litigation. Under these terms, if a user sustains injury while using a Lime vehicle, the claim must be submitted to AAA arbitration, with an in-person hearing held in the user's home metropolitan area if required.
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Compare across platforms →"We each mutually agree to resolve any justiciable disputes between us exclusively through final and binding arbitration instead of filing a lawsuit in court. The parties agree and acknowledge that this Mutual Arbitration Provision evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce and that the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16) ("FAA") will govern its interpretation and enforcement and proceedings pursuant thereto and will apply to any and all claims arising out of or relating to your access or use of the Services or Products, any communications, advertising or marketing by or regarding us or the Services or Products, any Products or Services sold or distributed through the Services that you received as a consumer of our Services or Products, any aspect of your relationship or transactions with us, any of our actual or alleged intellectual property rights, and all other aspects of your relationship with us, past, present or future, whether arising under federal, state or local statutory and/or common law (collectively, the "Dispute").Excerpt from Lime's Terms of Service
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This provision establishes that disputes must proceed through individual AAA arbitration, with arbitration hearings conducted in the user's metropolitan statistical area of residence at the time of the dispute. The delegation clause additionally routes all questions about the arbitration agreement's validity and enforceability to the arbitrator rather than a court.
The agreement requires users to resolve all claims against Lime through individual arbitration rather than court litigation. Under these terms, if a user sustains injury while using a Lime vehicle, the claim must be submitted to AAA arbitration, with an in-person hearing held in the user's home metropolitan area if required.
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