Judge: Joseph Lipner, Case: 23STCV16017, Date: 2023-10-17 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV16017    Hearing Date: March 19, 2024    Dept: 72

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

DEPARTMENT 72

TENTATIVE RULING

Defendant TBC, L.P. (“TBC”) (TBC states that it was erroneously sued as “The Bicycle Casino, Inc.”) moves the Court for an order compelling Plaintiff George Rahme (“Plaintiff”) to arbitrate his claims against TBC and staying this action.

The Court issues no tentative.  The Court requests that the parties address the following:

1.      Does Plaintiff contend that he did not sign the arbitration agreement, or that he did sign the agreement but his execution of the agreement was not “knowing.”

2.      What is the effect of the following sentence in the 2018 arbitration agreement: “I and the Company further agree that there will be no right or authority for any dispute to be brought, heard, or arbitrated as a private attorney general representative action (“Private Attorney General Waiver”).”