California Court of Appeal
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.