Read Higgins v. Superior Court of Los Angeles, B187818

A petition for a writ of mandate challenging an order compelling siblings, who appeared in an episode of the television program "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," to arbitrate most of their claims against various entities involved with the production and broadcast of the program is granted where an arbitration clause contained in a written agreement they executed before the program was broadcast was unconscionable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2006
• Published 06/27/2006

Judges

• RUBIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mesisca, Riley & Kreitenberg, Patrick A. Mesisca, Jr., Dennis P. Riley and Mike N. Vo, Los Angeles, for Petitioners., Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, Patricia L. Glaser, Mark L. Block, Los Angeles, and Jeffrey D. Dermer for Real Parties in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.