Sanchez v. Brown Automotive CA2/1
Defendant Brown Automotive, Inc. appeals from an order denying its petition to compel arbitration of this employment-related action filed by its former employee, plaintiff Brianna Sanchez. In denying Brown Automotive’s petition, the trial court concluded the arbitration agreement Sanchez signed prior to commencement of her employment with Brown Automotive was both procedurally and substantively unconscionable. While we agree the preemployment arbitration agreement Sanchez signed is procedurally unconscionable, we conclude it is not substantively unconscionable. Because both procedural and substantive unconscionability are necessary to invalidate the arbitration agreement, we reverse the trial court’s order denying the petition to compel arbitration and remand the matter for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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