Legal Opinion
Mount Diablo Medical Center v. Health Net of California, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 28, 2002No. A096018PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
POLLAK, J.
We confront what one commentator has characterized as “the thorny question of contract construction raised by the generic choice-of-law clause” in an agreement calling for the resolution of disputes by arbitration. Appellant Health Net of California, Inc. (Health Net) appeals from the denial of its petition to compel arbitration of the claims of respondent Mount Diablo Medical Center (Mt. Diablo) and to stay the litigation in which Mt. Diablo asserts those claims. The trial court denied the petition under Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.2, subdivision (c) (hereafter…
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