Is a plaintiff bound by the provisions of an arbitration agreement regardless of whether she read it or was aware of the arbitration clause when she signed it?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Brookwood v. Bank of America, 45 Cal.App.4th 1667, 53 Cal.Rptr.2d 515 (Cal. App. 1996):
Hence, plaintiff was "bound by the provisions of the [arbitration] agreement regardless of whether [she] read it or [was] aware of the arbitration clause when [she] signed the document. [Citation.]" (Macaulay v. Norlander (1992) 12 Cal.App.4th 1, 6, 15 Cal.Rptr.2d 204.)
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