Khalatian

BACKGROUND

Defendants own and operate an airport charter transport business. From about June 2009 until June 2012, plaintiff worked for defendants as an airport shuttle van driver. Plaintiff picked up and dropped off people primarily at LAX. Plaintiff entered into an Owner-Operator Sub-Carrier Agreement (Agreement) with defendant Rideshare Port Management, LLC, doing business as Prime Time Shuttle, LLC.1 The Agreement provides for binding arbitration of “any controversy or claim between the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any alleged breach hereof, including any issues . . . that this Agreement or any part hereof is invalid, illegal, or otherwise voidable or void . . . .” The Agreement also provides: “By this Agreement, Sub-Carrier and Prime Carrier acknowledge and agree that there does not exist between them the relationship of employer/employee . . . either express or implied. Sub-Carrier will not be treated as an

The Agreement identifies the Prime Time entity as a limited liability company at the time the Agreement was executed.

2 employee of Prime Carrier for any purpose, statutory or otherwise . . . .” Thus, according to the terms of the…