California Court of Appeal
RN Solution, Inc. v. Catholic Healthcare W., A118077
In a contract matter, order denying defendants' motions to compel arbitration is reversed where: 1) the trial court lacked discretion under Code of Civil Procedure section 1280 to deny arbitration of causes of action covered by the arbitration clause; and 2) battery-related tort claims did not come within the arbitration clause.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/15/2008
- Published 08/15/2008
Judges
- MARGULIES, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Joseph W. Cotchett, Nanci E. Nishimura and Laura Schlichtmann, Burlingame, for Plaintiffs and Respondents., Latham & Watkins, Linda M. Inscoe and Heather E. Marlow, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant Catholic Healthcare West., Cooper, White & Cooper, Stephen D. Kaus, San Francisco, and Edward L. Seidel, Walnut Creek, for Defendant and Appellant Stephen Roderick Robertson.