Arbitration Agreement Found Unconscionable  [“Nothing in fine print is ever good news.” Andy Rooney].

Car wash employees brought a class action against car wash companies. On defendants’ petitions for arbitration, the trial court concluded the arbitration agreement was unconscionable and refused to enforce it. Agreeing the arbitration agreement “suffered from multiple defects demonstrating a systematic lack of mutuality that favored the car wash companies,” the appellate court affirmed. (Carmona v. Lincoln Millennium Car Wash (Cal. App. Second Dist., Div. 8; May 9, 2014)226 Cal.App.4th 74.)