Martinez-Gonzalez
Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 DARIO MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ, Case No. 18-cv-05226-EMC
8 Plaintiff,
FINDINGS OF FACT AND
9 v. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
10 ELKHORN PACKING CO., LLC, et al., Docket No. 24 11 Defendants.
12 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiff Dario Martinez Gonzalez worked for Defendants Elkhorn Packing Co. LLC and 15 D’Arrigo Bros. Co. during the 2016 and 2017 lettuce seasons. He worked for Defendants as an 16 agricultural laborer, and, in this lawsuit, he alleges that the companies failed to pay him 17 appropriately, failed to provide adequate meal or rest breaks, and breached the duty of care they 18 owed to Plaintiff by providing food that was unsafe to eat. In December 2018, Defendants moved 19 to compel arbitration. See Docket No. 24. In arguing that the parties’ Arbitration Agreement 20 should not be enforced, Plaintiff raised the defenses of economic duress and undue influence. See 21 Docket No. 28. On October 15 and 16, 2019, a bench trial was held to…