Trial Court’s Finding of Unconscionability Was Rejected

      On February 27, 2014, I blogged about Casas v. CarMax Auto Superstores California LLC, Case No. B246392 (2nd Dist. Div. 2 Feb. 26, 2014) (Johnson, Chaney, Miller) (unpublished), a case in which the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court’s denial of Carmax’s motion to compel arbitration of claims with an employee.

     Apparently Carmax has been sued more than once by unhappy employees.  The California Court of Appeal has just ordered for publication Sanchez v. Carmax Auto Superstores California, LLC, B244772 (2nd Dist. Div. 1; filed Feb 6, pub. order March 14, 2014) (Johnson, Rothschild, Chaney) (published).  This case involved a different employee plaintiff than the one in Casas, but the same defendant, the same attorneys, and two of the three appellate judges involved in the Casas opinion.

     Once again, the Court of Appeal reverses the trial court order denying Carmax’s motion to compel arbitration.  The trial court had found the arbitration agreement unconscionable, but the Court of Appeal disagreed once again.