Brooks

Brooks v. Bechtel CA1/2

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 26, 2013A132926California2,601 words

Opinion

Opinion

Haerle, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant Brooks, a former employee of respondent Bechtel Corporation, appeals in pro per from orders of the San Francisco Superior Court denying his petition to vacate several arbitration decisions of an arbitrator appointed by the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS). Those decisions dismissed with prejudice appellant’s several claims against Bechtel Corporation and several of its officers and employees (hereinafter collectively referred to as Bechtel) relating to their alleged failure to pay him overtime wages and other asserted improper actions toward him. We affirm the orders appealed from and the subsequent judgment of the superior court.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 12, 2005, appellant, a resident of Orlando, Florida, signed an employment agreement with Bechtel and commenced work on a Bechtel

1 telecommunications project in central Florida. This project apparently ended sometime before June 2007,1 and appellant’s employment was terminated. Pursuant to the arbitration clause in his employment agreement, appellant filed a claim based on the circumstances of his employment, its termination, and Bechtel’s alleged refusal to…

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