Motsinger v. Lithia Rose-FT, Inc.

This case involves an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of defendant’s petition to abate the proceeding below pending arbitration. The trial court ruled that the arbitration clause contained in plaintiffs employment contract with defendant is unenforceable because it constitutes an unconscionable contract of adhesion. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in ruling that the arbitration clause was unconscionable. We agree and therefore reverse and remand.

The relevant facts are brief and undisputed. Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a part-time…