Legal Opinion
Samaniego v. Empire Today, LLC
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 5, 2012No. A132297PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIGGINS, J.
Empire Today, LLC (Empire), a national carpet and flooring business, appeals from the superior court’s refusal to compel contractual arbitration of claims by carpet installers that Empire violated multiple provisions of the Labor Code. The court found the arbitration provision was unconscionable under California law. We affirm. We hold the provision is unconscionable and unenforceable under Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services, Inc. (2000) 24 Cal.4th 83 [99 Cal.Rptr.2d 745, 6 P.3d 669] (Armendariz); that our consideration of the issues is governed by California…
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