Kinney v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that procedural uncon-scionability is properly evaluated at the time a contract is negotiated
• explaining 24 that oppression arises from an inequality of bargaining power devoid of any real 25 negotiations, and surprise relates to whether or not the terms of the contract are hidden 26 by using excess text in contract
• “Faced with the issue of whether a unilateral obligation to arbitrate is unconscionable, we conclude that it is.”
• agreement was a contract of 28 adhesion where “each employee was required to acknowledge his or her consent to its terms, 1 including the arbitration provision, as a condition of continued employment with the company” 2 and “had no opportunity to negotiate regarding the terms”

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