Labor/Employment
Oct. 30, 2013
Panel strikes arbitration agreement signed by Ralphs deli workers
The arbitration agreement tilts so far in Ralphs' favor that it violates California contract law and is unenforceable, the 9th Circuit says.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A group of deli workers from Ralphs Grocery Co. defeated their employer's push to arbitrate their lawsuit Monday, when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the arbitration agreement violates California contract law.
The decision helps preserve one of the few remaining ways for California plaintiffs' attorneys to keep their clients' employment claims from being sent to a priva...
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