Vogelgesang v. Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club CA4/3
Plaintiff Paul Vogelgesang was employed in a risk management capacity by the Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club, LLC (the Ducks). He informed his superiors about what he believed were safety problems at the arena where the Ducks play, the Honda Center. Eventually, according to Vogelgesang, he was told to resign or that he would be fired, and he resigned. His attorneys then sent a demand letter to defendants which included a draft complaint. In response, defendants filed an arbitration claim, seeking a declaration of non-liability with respect to Vogelgesang’s claims. Vogelgesang then filed the instant lawsuit, and defendants filed a petition to compel arbitration, which was eventually granted. Vogelgesang, at that point, decided not to have his claims heard as cross-claims by the arbitrator. In due course, the arbitrator ruled in defendants’ favor, and the court confirmed the award, denying Vogelgesang’s petition to vacate.
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