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Arbitration Denied. Mendez v. Mid-Wilshire Health

Defendant Mid-Wilshire Health Care Center appealed from an order denying its motion to compel arbitration and to stay a wrongful termination action by plaintiff Maribel Mendez. The Court of Appeal holds hold that the arbitration provision in the collective bargaining agreement governing Mendez’s employment does not apply to Mendez’s statutory discrimination claims. Affirmed.

The trial court denied Mid-Wilshire‟s motion to compel arbitration of all of Mendez‟s claims, statutory and common law. Because the collective bargaining agreement did not clearly and unmistakably refer Mendez‟s statutory discrimination claims to arbitration, the trial court properly denied Mid-Wilshire‟s motion to compel arbitration of those claims. With respect to Mendez‟s common law claims, Mid-Wilshire has not presented any legal argument that the trial court‟s denial of Mid-Wilshire‟s motion to compel arbitration of those claims was erroneous. We therefore deem any claim of error forfeited.

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