Case: Disability Discrimination/Arbitration (N.D. Cal.)

A California federal district court denied Adventist Health Ukiah Valley’s motion to compel arbitration of Americans with Disabilities Act claims brought by a hearing-impaired former employee who alleged failure to reasonably accommodate and pretextual termination, finding the arbitration agreement unconscionable under state law because it required employees to arbitrate all claims while making arbitration optional for the employer, thus lacking the mutuality required for enforcement.

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