Legal Opinion
Performance Team Freight Systems, Inc. v. Aleman
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 2, 2015No. B259146PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BOREN, P. J.
The individual respondents are truck drivers who entered into “Independent Contractor Agreements” with appellant. After the individual respondents filed wage claims against appellant, appellant petitioned to compel arbitration based on arbitration provisions in the agreements. The trial court denied the petition, ruling that the agreements were exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) (FAA) because the individual respondents were transportation workers and arbitration was not compelled under California law. The trial court also found that the…
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