Gupta

Filed 3/18/25 Gupta v. Mercedes-Benz USA CA2/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

AMIT GUPTA, 2d Civil No. B333900 (Super. Ct. No. 56-2020- Plaintiff and Appellant, 00544715-CU-BC-VTA) (Ventura County) v.

MERCEDES-BENZ USA,

LLC, et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

Amit Gupta appeals from the judgment entered after an arbitrator issued an award in defendants’ favor. Gupta challenges the trial court’s order granting Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC’s (MBUSA) motion to compel arbitration of his claims for violation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (Song- Beverly Act) (Civ. Code, §1790 et seq.) due to an alleged defective ventilation system in his 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLS.1 The trial court concluded MBUSA was a…