Does a broad arbitration clause in a medical malpractice agreement apply to an extra-contractual dispute between the contracting parties?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Elijahjuan v. Superior Court of L.A. Cnty., 147 Cal.Rptr.3d 857, 210 Cal.App.4th 15 (Cal. App. 2013):

Broad arbitration clauses such as this one are consistently interpreted as applying to extra-contractual disputes between the contracting parties. ( Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital v. Blue Cross of California (2000) 83 Cal.App.4th 677, 681, fn. 2, 686, 99 Cal.Rptr.2d 809 [where parties agreed to arbitrate [a]ny problem or dispute arising under this Agreement and/or concerning the terms of this Agreement (italics omitted), the arbitration agreement was broad enough to encompass tort claims];

[210 Cal.App.4th 28]

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