A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a defendant in a consumer fraud action should have heeded a 20-day filing deadline in second attempts to force arbitration.

In a published decision, a three-judge Appellate Division panel on Feb. 16 affirmed a trial judge’s ruling that said a Gloucester County car dealership was precluded from enforcing an arbitration clause contained in a sales agreement because its motion to reconsider came too late.

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