Litigation & Arbitration
Jan. 12, 2023
Arbitration agreements should be read as drafted
A fundamental principle of contract law is that contracts are read in favor of the party that did not draft the agreement. Given Tesla’s resources and interests, it is disingenuous for it to ask after the fact for a different reading of the agreement.
Ronald L. Zambrano
Employment Litigation Chair
West Coast Employment Lawyers
Phone: 213-927-3700
Email: ron@westcoasttriallawyers.com
Ron chairs the firm's Employment Litigation Department.
When an appellate court turned down Tesla's attempt to compel arbitration for employee claims of discrimination, it handed the company a mixed verdict. The plaintiffs in Vaughn v Tesla had worked at Tesla's Fremont facility through an outside staffing agency but later transitioned to employee status. During the entire time, they alleged, they were subjected to racial slurs and other inciden...
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