West

Filed 10/16/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

LUCY WEST et al., B334178

Plaintiffs and Respondents, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No.23STCV03367) v.

SOLAR MOSAIC LLC,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Elaine Lu, Judge. Affirmed.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Robert J. Guite and Khirin Bunker, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kemnitzer, Barron & Krieg, Kristin Kemnitzer, Adam McNeile and Malachi J. Haswell, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

_______________________ A home improvement and solar panel salesperson visited the home where senior citizens Harold and Lucy West lived with their adult daughter Deon. 1 By the time he left, a loan agreement package had been completed electronically with Harold’s electronic signature. A subsequent dispute led to litigation, and lender Solar Mosaic LLC (Mosaic) petitioned the court to compel arbitration based on arbitration provisions in the loan agreement. The trial court declined on the ground that Mosaic had failed to establish the existence of an agreement to…