Mealey's (November 4, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Oct. 22 denied two manufacturers’ motions to compel arbitration of a consumer’s putative class action alleging a defect in the axle of a recreational vehicle because the manufacturers were not signatories to the contract that contained the arbitration provision, but the judge granted their motions to dismiss the complaint because the plaintiff failed to show that they had sufficient knowledge of the defect to support her claims under the state Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) and unfair competition law (UCL)....