Casas v. Carmax Auto Superstores California LLC

Full title: MARIO CASAS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARMAX AUTO SUPERSTORES…

Court: COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE

Date published: Feb 26, 2014

224 Cal.App.4th 1233 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014)

169 Cal. Rptr. 3d 96

Opinion

B246392

2014-02-26

Mario CASAS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARMAX AUTO SUPERSTORES CALIFORNIA LLC, Defendant and Appellant.

See 1 Witkin, Summary of Cal. Law (10th ed. 2005) Contracts, § 334 et seq.APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Steven J. Kleifield, Judge. Reversed. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC483637)

JOHNSON

Reversed.
See 1 Witkin, Summary of Cal. Law (10th ed. 2005) Contracts, § 334 et seq. APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Steven J. Kleifield, Judge. Reversed. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC483637) Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Jack S. Sholkoff, Christopher W. Decker and Vicky H. Lin, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.
Shegerian & Associates, Carney R. Shegerian and Anthony Nguyen, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
JOHNSON, J.

Mario Casas filed a complaint alleging wrongful termination against CarMax Auto Superstores California, LLC (CarMax). The trial court denied CarMax's motion to compel arbitration, and CarMax appeals. We reverse.

The modification clause in the CarMax DRRP does not invalidate the arbitration agreement.

DISPOSITION

The trial court's order denying CarMax Auto Superstores California's motion to compel arbitration is reversed. CarMax Auto Superstores California is to recover its costs on appeal. We concur:
CHANEY, Acting P.J.

MILLER, J.