California Court of Appeal

Consumers may challenge a predispute arbitration clause as unconscionable if the fees required to initiate the process are unaffordable, and the agreement fails to provide the consumer an effective opportunity to seek a fee waiver.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/09/2003
• Published 12/09/2003

Judges

• SIMONS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Christa & Jackson, Laura K. Christa, William E. Weinberger, Los Angeles, and Deborah Bucksbaum for Defendants and Appellants Autowest, Inc., doing business as Autowest Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth, Isuzu, and AutoNation USA Corporation., Kemnitzer, Anderson, Barron & Ogilvie, Nancy Barron, Christopher F. Jennings, and Bryan Kemnitzer, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Respondents Ryan Gutierrez and Jamie Gutierrez.