California Court of Appeal

In a case in which a settlement agreement resulted in a binding mediation award in favor of the plaintiffs, the judgment is affirmed, where: 1) there was substantial evidence to support the trial court's determination that the defendant agreed to the binding mediation procedure utilized; 2) the binding mediation provisions in the parties' settlement agreement were not too uncertain to be enforceable; and 3) binding mediation is not a constitutionally or statutorily prohibited means of waiving jury trial rights where the parties have agreed to settle their dispute in a nonjudicial forum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/30/2012
• Published 05/30/2012

Judges

• McConnell

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire