Wilkes v. Metal Flowers Media CA2/8
Plaintiff Paul T. Wilkes appeals the trial court’s order denying his petition to compel defendants Metal Flowers Media, LLC, Tim Warren, Alevil Rincones, and Allen Vainshtein to arbitrate plaintiff’s claims arising from his participation in a television show, “Bar Rescue.” The petition alleges that Metal Flowers is the casting company that “pitches potential bars for filming” to Bar Rescue’s producer, Bongo, LLC. Defendants Warren and Rincones are executive and story producers for the show, and defendant Vainshtein is Bongo’s attorney. To participate in the show, plaintiff signed an Appearance Release with Bongo, which contained an arbitration clause. Following plaintiff’s demand to arbitrate his claims arising from the show, JAMS ordered Bongo to participate in arbitration. However, because defendants are not signatories to the agreement, JAMS would not order them to participate absent their consent or a court order.
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