SAMANIEGO v. EMPIRE TODAY, LLC.

No. A132297.

205 Cal.App.4th 1138 (2012)

140 Cal. Rptr. 3d 492

SALOME SAMANIEGO et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. EMPIRE TODAY, LLC, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

April 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones Day, Elwood Lui , Catherine S. Nasser , Lawrence C. DiNardo and Brian J. Murray for Defendant and Appellant.

Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, William C. McNeill III , Jinny Kim ; Hinton Alfert Summer & Kaufman, Leonard Carder , Aaron Kaufmann and David P. Pogrel for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

SIGGINS, J.

Empire Today, LLC (Empire), a national carpet and flooring business, appeals from the superior court's refusal to compel contractual arbitration of claims by carpet installers that Empire violated multiple provisions of the Labor Code. The court found the arbitration provision was unconscionable under California law. We affirm. We hold the provision is unconscionable and unenforceable under Armendariz v. Foundation...

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