Case: Individual Employment Rights/Arbitration (Cal. Ct. App., 2d Dist.)

A California trial court erred when it found that California Commerce Club, Inc. waived its right to arbitrate a casino supervisor‘s claims of wrongful termination, age discrimination, retaliation, and harassment after it moved to compel arbitration 13 months after the lawsuit was filed, a California appeals court ruled. The court stated that responding to discovery, engaging in a meet and confer, posting jury fees and taking the supervisor’s deposition with no trial court involvement was insufficient to establish the casino’s waiver. Further, there wasn’t evidence in the record that the casino abused judicial processes in bad faith, and the supervisor ...