Arreguin v. E. & J. Gallo Winery CA1/2
Appellant Star H-R, Inc. (Star) is a labor contractor that hired respondent Refugio Arreguin to work in a warehouse for one of its clients, appellant E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo). In applying for the job with Star, Arreguin signed an arbitration agreement, but he later brought individual and class-based claims against Star and Gallo in superior court. This case requires us to determine whether the arbitration agreement between Star and Arreguin is enforceable and, if it is, whether Arreguin’s class-action claims and claims against Gallo must also go to the arbitrator. The trial court found that the arbitration agreement was procedurally and substantively unconscionable and refused to compel arbitration. We agree that the agreement is procedurally unconscionable but find no substantive unconscionability, and so reverse the order denying appellants’ motions to compel arbitration.
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