Williams v. West Coast Hospitals, Inc.

Filed 12/22/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT ANN WILLIAMS et al., H049177 (Santa Cruz County Plaintiffs and Respondents, Super. Ct. No. 20CV01064) v. WEST COAST HOSPITALS, INC., Defendant and Appellant. Code of Civil Procedure sections 1281.97 and 1281.981 provide that a company or business pursuing arbitration of a dispute under a predispute arbitration agreement is in material breach and default of that agreement—thereby waiving its right to arbitrate—if it fails to timely pay its share of arbitration fees. Among the…