A national payday lender cannot bar customers with grievances from participating in class action lawsuits by a restrictive arbitration agreement, the 4th District Court of Appeal has ruled.

Affirming a Palm Beach circuit ruling, the court concluded Spartanburg, South Carolina-based McKenzie Check Advance’s contract provision was unconscionable and a violation of public policy because it in essence left customers without a viable legal remedy.

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