Parties Cannot Be Compelled to Arbitrate Challenge to Legality of EquityComp Program

A California appellate court ruled that a group of disgruntled EquityComp customers could not be compelled to arbitrate their challenge to the legality of the insurance program. Case: Low Desert Empire Pizza v. Applied Underwriters, No. E067081, 10/19/2018, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Low Desert Empire Pizza, Hi Desert Empire Pizza, Ten Cap and Capten filed suit against several related insurance companies challenging the legality of their EquityComp workers' compensation insurance program. The EquityComp program has been the subject of multiple lawsuits across the country...