Alvarado

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Ma Irma Alvarado sued her employers, defendants S.D.S. Industries, Inc. and Timely Industries, for wrongful termination and other claims. Defendants moved to compel arbitration, presenting an arbitration agreement in English that Alvarado signed on the day of her termination. Alvarado opposed the motion, stating in a declaration that she spoke and read only Spanish, and that a human resources employee had misrepresented the nature of the arbitration agreement to her before she signed it. With their reply, defendants submitted an opposing declaration stating that the arbitration agreement was accurately described to Alvarado before she signed it. The trial court held that the arbitration agreement was void due to fraud in the execution and denied defendants’ motion. We affirm. Substantial evidence supports the trial court’s findings, and the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendants’ request for an evidentiary hearing.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Complaint In June 2020, Alvarado filed a complaint asserting seven causes of action against defendants relating to age discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful…