Kendal Bellard v. Henry A. Hollier, Nicolle Hollier and ABC Insurance Company

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

KENDAL BELLARD NO. 2025 CW 1016
VERSUS

HENRY A. HOLLIER, NICOLLE
HOLLIER, AND ABC INSURANCE

COMPANY MARCH 09, 2026

In Re: Kendal Bellard, applying for supervisory writs, 19th
Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge,
No. 741660.

BEFORE : MILLER, EDWARDS, AND FIELDS, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The portion of the trial court's September
10, 2025 judgment which granted defendant’s, Amazon Logistics,
Inc., Exception of Prematurity is reversed. The Federal
Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, exempts employment contracts with
workers engaged in interstate commerce from the FAA. The United
States Supreme Court has stated “. . . while we did not provide
a complete definition of ‘transportation worker,’ we indicated
that any such worker must at least play a direct and ‘necessary
role in the free flow of goods’ across borders.” Sw. Airlines
Co. v. Saxon, 596 U.S. 450, 458, 142 S.Ct. 1783, 1790, 213
L.Ed.2d 27 (2022), citing Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams, 932 U.S. 105, 121, 121 S.Ct. 1302, 1312, 149 L.Ed.2d 234 (2001).
Generally, there appears to be no dispute that plaintiff, Kendal
Bellard, delivered Amazon packages, which began within the flow
of interstate commerce. See Miller v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 21-
36048, 2023 WL 5665771, (9th Cir. 2023). Accordingly, under the
Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, the employment contract
of Kendal Bellard, as a transportation worker, is exempt from
arbitration. Therefore, the exception of prematurity filed by
defendant, Amazon Logistics, Inc., is denied.

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