California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lacayo v. Catalina Rest. Grp. Inc., 250 Cal.Rptr.3d 444, 38 Cal.App.5th 244 (Cal. App. 2019):
agree to arbitrate." ( Balandran v. Labor Ready, Inc. (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 1522, 1528, 22 Cal.Rptr.3d 441 ; see also Bono v. David (2007) 147 Cal.App.4th 1055, 1063, 54 Cal.Rptr.3d 837 ["[T]he contractual terms themselves must be carefully examined before the parties to the contract can be ordered to arbitration," and "[t]here is no public policy favoring arbitration of disputes which the parties have not agreed to arbitrate"].)
Our standard of review when there is no factual dispute as to the language of the agreement is de novo. ( Bono v. David , supra , 147 Cal.App.4th at p. 1061-1062, 54 Cal.Rptr.3d 837.)5
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