California Court of Appeal

In a dispute over an arbitration agreement, denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where: 1) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in holding that the class arbitration waiver is contrary to public policy and unenforceable; 2) the arbitration agreement itself was substantively unconscionable and unenforceable for both the class arbitration waiver and its unconscionable arbitrator selection clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/17/2009
• Published 03/17/2009

Judges

• CROSKEY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Van Vleck Turner & Zaller, Brian F. Van Vleck and Anthony J. Zaller, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant., Law Offices of James T. Grant and James T. Grant, Manhattan Beach, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.