Herman
Herman v. Brookdale Employee Services LLC
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 BRUCE HERMAN, Case No. 24-cv-04987-PCP
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER COMPELLING
9 v. ARBITRATION AND DISMISSING
CASE
10 BROOKDALE EMPLOYEE SERIVES LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 12 11 Defendants.
12 13 Plaintiff Bruce Herman signed an employment contract with defendant Brookdale 14 Employee Services, LLC. After his termination in October 2023, Herman sued Brookdale 15 asserting various causes of action related to his employment. Herman’s contract contained a clause 16 requiring any dispute to be resolved outside of court via binding arbitration, and Brookdale now 17 moves to compel arbitration of Herman’s claims. For the following reasons, the Court grants 18 Brookdale’s motion. 19 BACKGROUND 20 Herman started working for Brookdale on October 10, 2018 as a prep cook in Brookdale’s 21 Scotts Valley assisted living facility. He received multiple promotions over his five years of 22 employment and was serving as the Assisted Living…