Construction of Mediation-Arbitration Clause/Venue/Severability: Third District Rules that California Subcontractor Refusing to Mediate in Nevada Did Not Violate Terms of Agreement Purporting to Require Mediation or Arbitration in Nevada

  Case Involves Application of CCP Section 410.42 to Mediation/Arbitration Provision in Construction Contract      Before becoming Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, Justice Cantil-Sakauye authored the opinion in Templeton Development Corporation v. Superior Court [Dick Emard Electric, Inc. Real Party in Interest], 144 Cal.App.4th 1073, 51 Cal.Rptr.3d 19 (2006). Emard, an electrical contractor, […]