Magistrate Judge Denies Arbitration Request In Plumbing Loan Rates Class Complaint

Mealey's (July 14, 2020, 1:56 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A company providing loans for plumbing work has not shown that a borrower entered into an arbitration agreement when only the lender and not the borrower signed the agreement, a federal magistrate judge in California ruled July 2, denying a motion to compel arbitration of the borrower’s class complaint over the rates and rejecting the argument that an arbitrator must decide the dispute (Elizabeth Belyea v. GreenSky, Inc., et al., No. 20-1693, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116809)....