Green
Green v. Costco Wholesale Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MARY HUNTER GREEN,
Case No. 21-cv-02387-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, MOTION TO DISMISS
et al.,
Defendants.
Plaintiff Mary Green sued Defendants Sunrun and Costco averring various labor-law claims. Green worked at a Sunrun kiosk inside a Costco, selling solar panels, until she was fired, allegedly because of age and disability discrimination. Sunrun moves to compel arbitration of Green’s claims against it, and consequently to dismiss this case.1 Sunrun introduces evidence of Green’s signed employment contract, which includes an arbitration agreement.2 Green validly signed the contract electronically, using a secret password to authenticate her signature, in compliance with the California Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Civil Code § 1633.1 et seq. Green’s argument that she did not consent to an electronic…