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· 7/18/2005

Boghos v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London

Citations

  • 115 P.3d 68
  • 30 Cal. Rptr. 3d 787
  • 36 Cal. 4th 495
  • 2005 Daily Journal DAR 8556
  • 2005 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6260
  • 2005 Cal. LEXIS 7607

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a court must “give effect to every part [of a contract], if reasonably practicable, each clause helping to interpret the other”
  • holding that an insured’s claim for breach of the 17 covenant of good faith and fair dealing did not qualify as “an unwaivable statutory right”
  • stating that employees subject to mandatory arbitration agreements must be ensured certain minimum standards of fairness to “vindicate their public rights in an arbitral forum” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • stating that employees subject to mandatory arbitration agreements must be ensured certain minimum standards of fairness to \vindicate their public rights in an arbitral forum\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • finding arbitration clause was enforceable where it was in bolded font and contained the heading “BINDING ARBITRATION”
  • disfavoring constructions of contractual provisions that would render other provisions surplusage

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Judges: Werdegar

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