Arevalo
Arevalo v. Pinnacle Farm Labor CA2/6
Opinion
Opinion
FACTS
Pinnacle Farm Labor, Inc. (Pinnacle) is a farm labor contractor. Nelson Arevalo is a farm laborer who was employed by Pinnacle from May 2021 to December 2022. While employed by Pinnacle, Arevalo worked on a number of farms. He often worked for several of Pinnacle’s clients in the same week. One such client was Wonderful Citrus Packing LLC (Wonderful). The trial court found that Arevalo entered into an arbitration agreement with Wonderful1 as follows: “[Y]ou [Arevalo] understand that you will be providing services to [Wonderful] through [Pinnacle] and in connection therewith, and with connection to services you have or will render for [Wonderful] directly or through any other entity, you and [Wonderful] voluntarily agree that any dispute, or controversy relating to (i) the services you render for [Wonderful]; (ii) the nature of your service relationship with [Wonderful] and terms and conditions related thereto; or (iii) the termination thereof shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration in accordance with the terms of this Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate Disputes . . . .
1 Arevalo denied that he entered into any such agreement
but does not challenge the trial court’s…