Jenkins

Filed 11/20/24; Certified for Publication 12/19/24 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

ANNALYCIA JENKINS, 2d Civ. No. B333759 (Super. Ct. No. 22CV-0564) Plaintiff and Respondent, (San Luis Obispo County)

v.

DERMATOLOGY

MANAGEMENT, LLC,

Defendant and Appellant.

Appellant Dermatology Management, LLC, employed respondent Annalycia Jenkins. After respondent had resigned from her position, she brought a class action against appellant. Appellant appeals from the trial court’s order denying its motion to compel respondent to arbitrate her claims pursuant to an arbitration agreement that she signed on her first day of work. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1294, subd. (a).) We conclude the arbitration agreement is procedurally and substantively unconscionable. We reject appellant’s contention that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to sever the substantively unconscionable provisions and enforce the remainder of the arbitration agreement. Accordingly, we affirm. Our affirmance renders moot appellant’s contention that the trial court erroneously denied its…