Memorandum Points and Authorities

Cal. Super. - 6th Dist.March 25, 2021

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Case No二 21CV381326 教寛にhMlヽ〇八人lhl lh寛rl各回lヽハ1十〇 ^トln l●l〃i“○○lヽ○○●、「ll○○-ヽ′〇〇〇、一′○ ○ ヽ"′"l○ ○ ヽ′ ′“「〇〇〇′ AUTHORI丁IES IN SUPPORT OF PET!丁!ON TO COMPEL APLUS CONS丁RUCT!ON CO弼PANYTO 紺E聞A丁監A討E) ARB書下RA丁重A持Y DISPUTES UNDER THE HOME 書MPROV寡言MEN丁CONS丁RUCTION AGREEMENT DATED JULY 6, 2018; AND TO STAY C看VIL ACTION PENDING COMPLETION OF MED看ATiON AND ARBI丁RATiON DATE: TIMEこ 9こOO a,m, nFp丁" 19 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AU丁HORITiES iN SUPPORT OF PETI丁iON TO 28 11 b6扉EL MEDIA丁ION AND ARBI丁RA丁iON; AND TO STAY CIVIL ACTION PENDING COMPLETiON OF MEDiATiON ANロAR百百FiA丁iON l Electronically Filed by Superior Court of CA, County of Santa Clara, on 10/22/2021 8:57 PM Reviewed By: J. Ngo Case #21CV381326 Envelope: 7524506 21CV381326 Santa Clara - Civil J. Ngo 一 ′〇〇〇〇〇〇〇.i○〇〇〇"〇〇〇〇〇一〇 ●〇〇一 ( 〇一〇“ ○○ ( 〇°" ( i○ ○IÅIにtV!亡iヽi lJ「「Å¥′!e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 工0 間 12 13 14 15 16 17 1g 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2毎 27 28 On July 6, 2018 Petitione「 JiANMIN WANG (he「eafte「 WANG) and Respondent APLUS CONS丁RUCTION COMPANY ( hereafte「 APLUS), a gene「aI partnership, ente「ed而O a W「itten Home lmprovement Const「uction Ag「eement for the construction 曜f certa前imp「ovemerits to the sirigie fam叫声esideriCe commO申y known as 5087 Tat「a D「ive, San Jose, CA 95124. A copy of the Home imp「OVement Construction Agreement iS attaCned to the L)ecIaratlOn O† Al†「ed RIna-do asヒ×h-b-t A and lnCOrPOrated by reference herein. 丁he Home imp「ovement Const「uction Ag「eement dated Juiy 6, 2018 (Jianmin Dec. Exh. A) contains a Mediation a=d A「bit「atio= CIause at Paragraph 22- Which requi「es the parties to essentia=y mediate any disputes between them 「egarding the 陣ome面p「ovemer[t Cons拙ction Agreemen自nciuding any b「eac証he「ee千・ Petitione「 WANG demanded mediation and a「bit「ation of a= disputes between the parties (Rinaldo Dec. Exb.A). Respondent APLUS refused to mediate and arbitrate (Rinaldo Dec. Exh. B). Acco「dingly, Petitione「 WANG has filed this petition to compel mediation and a「bit「ation, aS 「equired under Pa「agraph 22 of the Home Imp「OVement Const「uction Agreement dated Juiy 6, 2018, and to stay the civil action pending compIetion of the me宙at十〇日a直d a「掘「a畠〇日. MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES iN SUPPORT OF PETiT10N TO COMPEL MEDIATION AND ARBITRA丁!ON; AND TO STAY CIV!L ACTION PENDiNG ( 〈〃 ●●〇、● 〇一〇i●-● ( 〇〇一〇- . ○○-〇〇〇" 〇〇〇●一〇. . “‥- ○ ○〇、〇、l"〇〇〇〇ヽ置〇〇〇"● ( "● しUiVlrL亡=UN U「 IVi亡LJIÅ =UN ÅIVリ/判r{Dl ={A =Ulヽi 2 !i 1 2 3 4 2. PARAGRAPH 22 OF THE HOME IMPROVEMEN丁く;ONSTRUCTION AGREEMEN丁BETWEEN THE PARTtES REQUIRES THAT ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PART!ES BE MEDIATED AND ARB書TRATED BEFORE THE 5 1IAMERICAN ARBITRA丁!ON ASSOC!A丁ION UNDER l“「S CONS丁RUC丁ION 6 7 8 9 旧NDUS丁RY ARB汀RA丁さc対RUし王S L,aragraph 22 o† the Home lmP「OVementじOnSt「uCt10n Agreement PrOVideS aS ``22. ARBITRATiON. The cont「actor and the Owner ag「ee to settie any controve「Sy, dispute, Claim 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 つつ and issue by mediations as fi「St OPtion, and any cont「OVerSy O「 CIaim arising out of or rek轟喝ね飴e Agreement or the Agreeme帝warran±y or約e breac緑hereof which CamOt be resoived by medjations shaii be settled at S∈lnta Cla「a County by a「bit「ation administered b the American Arbitration Association unde「 its Const「uction lndust「y 陣「bit「ation RuIes, and judgment on the award rende「ed by the arbit「ator(S) may be ente「ed in any co血having 」urisdiction thereof. 1f arbit「ato「 dete「mines a pa巾y of the Cont「acto「 and the Owne「 is 「esponsible fo「 the cost of a「bitration, the party shouid pa fo「 the cost, Othervise cost of a「bit「ation, O「 mediations shou!d be spited between the 訓C〇両actc南船e Owne千・’’ 24 Fo=owing Petitione「WANG’s 「eceipt of servi∞ Of the CompIaint, On July 9, MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF PETITION TO COMPEL MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION; AND TO STAY CIVIL AC丁ION PENDING COMPL王TiON OF MEDiATiON AND AR呂iTRATiO‾N 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 p「ovided in Pa「ag「aph 22 of the Home Improvement Cc-nStruCtion Agreement dated July 6, 2018. On JuIy 21, 2021, RespondentAPLUS refused to Mediate and A「bit「ate. (See RINALDO Dec, Exh. Aand Exh B). “3。 TH巨LEGAL S丁ANDA束D Unde「 SeCtlOn 1281.2 o† the Code o† CIV= ProCedure, On PetItIOn O† a partytO an 10旧trat-On agreement alIegIng the existence of a wrItten agreement tO a「bit「ate a 間 12 13 14 cont「ove「sy and that a party to the agreement 「efuses l:O a「bitrate that cont「OVerSy, a court “sha帖, orde「 parties to a「bit「ate if it determines that an agreement to arbit「ate exists, unIess it finds that (a) the 「ight to compel a「bit「ation has been waived by the 引moving画ty (b) g「Ounds ex!S抽「evocatien of the agreement’Or (C) a画y tO the 16 17 a「bit「ation is aIso a party to a pending ∞urt aCtion with a thi「d party a「ising out of the Same tranSaCtion.’’Sargon Enterp「ises十nc. v. B「OWne George Ross LLP, 15 CaI・App. 18 =5th 749 762 (2017) Thus. a oarty seeklng tO COmPei arbltration meets its burden by 19 20 21 22 23 24 くくp「oving the existence of a vaIid a「bit「ation ag「eement by the p「eponde「ance of the evidence=” Enga=a v. Pemanente Med. Grp., Inc., 15 CaI, 4th 951, 972 (1997); See also Ave「y v, lnteg「ated Healthca「e H-dings, l=C", 218 CaI・ App・ 4th 50, 59 (2013)" The 田quiry CCmC[udes upon the demonst「ation of the existence臆Of arT ar操raticrT agreemen[; questions of the agreement,s scope “a「e fo「 the a「bit「ato「S a=d =Ot fo「 the court to MEMORANDUM OF POIN丁S AND AU丁HORI丁iES IN SUPPOR丁OF PETITiON TO COMPEL MEDiATION AND ARBITRA丁ION; AND TO STAY CML ACTION PENDING COMPL.ETiON OF MEDiA丁iON AND ARBiTRATiON 4 1 2 3 4 う 6 7 8 9 10 巨劃 12 13 王4 闇 16 17 18 19 20 21 つつ one of the =mited statutory exceptions to arbit「ab冊y in sections 1281 "1(a)-(d). See Enga=a, 15 Cal・ 4th at 972. The deniai of a motion to compeI arbit「ation is immediately appealab!e, and determinations of a「bit「abiIity a「e subject to de novo review. See Code of C剛Procedu「e Section 1294(a); S帥en v. Supe「cuts十nc., 51 Cal App・ 4th 1519 (1○○了) Here, PetltlOner WANG nas met niS lnItiai bu「den O† prOVing tne eXIStence O† a mediation and arbitration agreement, and p「oving that a party to the ag「eement 「efuses to mediate and a「bit「ate. Absent some statuto「y defense raised and proved by Respondent APLUS to the petition fo「 mediation and arbitration, the Cou両s obIigated by statute to o「de「 the matte「 to mediation and a「bitration' Unde「 CCP 1281.4, if the court o「de「s the matter to mediation and arbit「ation, then upon motion of a party to such action, the Coし爪Sha= also stay such action unt= the mediation and a「bit「ation is had in acco「dance with the order to a「bitrate or until SuCh earlier time as the court specifies.… He「e, Petitione「 WANG has moved for an o「der to stay this action pending completion of the mediation and a「bitration. The Court should g「ant his request for a 紺 25 26 27 28 = 棚棚 MEMORANDUM OF POiNTS AND AU丁HORITIES IN SUPPOR丁OF PETITION TO COMPE」 MEDiATION AND ARB!TRATION; AND TO S丁AY CIVIL ACT10N PENDiNG COMPL王TiON OF M壬DiÅTiON AND ARBiTRATiON う 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 聞 12 13 王4 15 16 17 18 19 20 2l 4, CONCLUStON Based on the fo「egoing, Petitione「 WANG 「equests that the Cou巾g「ant his petition to compe- Respondent APLUS to mediate and a「bit「ate ali cla-mS by the parties against 情ac而鵬「 a「isi了「g O昂O干t直e H抑e面印veme而Cons血cti〇日A9「een「e証d合亡ed Ju母6, 2018, including any breach the「eof, and that the Courl stay this action pending COmPIetiOn O† tne meaiatiOn and arbit「atIOn. Respectfu=y submitted, Dated: Octobe「 22, 2021 LAW OFFICE OF ALFRED L. RINALDO, JR" 盈鐘% ・ ALFRED L. RiNALDO, JR. Attomeys fo「 Petitione「 JIANMIN WANG 22雪 i 23 24 25i 訓 MEMORANDUM OF POiNTS AND AUTHORiTiES IN SUPPOR丁OF PE丁ITiON TO 28 1l coMPEL MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION; AND TO STAY CIVIL AC丁iON PENDING COMPL壬丁iON OF MEDiATiON AND ARBi丁RA丁iON 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 APLUS CONS丁RUCTiON COMPANY V。 J!ANMiN WANG SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT ACT!ON NO。 21CV381326 PROOF OF SERViCE 看am over the age ofeighteen yea「s and not a party to the within entitied action; my business address is‥ 1754 Techno-ogy Dr面ve’Suite 120- F, San Jose’CA 95110 On Ociober 22, 2施申SerVed舐e w軸n MPAIN SUPPORTOF PETITiON丁O COMPE」APLUS CONS丁RUCTION COMPANY TO MEDIATE AND ARBITRATE ANY DISPU丁ES UNDER THE HOME iMPROVEMEN丁CONS丁RUCTION AGREEMENT DA丁ED JULY 6, 2O18; AND TO S丁AY C看ViLAC丁10N PENDING COMPLETION OF MEDiATION ANDARBITRATION 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 出。。(冨諸掛盟指岩盤富措盤一謝謂紙器話語謂荘 Rinaido, J「. to be delivered by Federai Express, tO the address(es) shown below. = (BYFACS剛LETRANSMiSS看ON) Bytransmitting at「uecopythereof by facsimiIe 柴善悪悪霊霊豊霧島籍諾二0170 to the inte「ested parties to said [X]蹴る附L)丁OTHE FOLLOWNG PERSONSAT丁HE EMA-LADDRESSES Leon E. Jew: ieon.jew@dahyee.com I decIa「e under penalty of pe申uny under the看aws of the State of CaIifomia that the 認整.is true and correct and that this Dec-aralion was executed at San Jose, ロaied: Cc主obe「 2空言館都 PROOF OF SERVICE /Ⅵ・0へ」二三三孝二 A」FR臣D L. RINALDO, JR,