Mealey's (August 13, 2019, 10:58 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge did not err in refusing to compel arbitration of claims by franchisees that their franchisor improperly terminated two franchise license agreements (FLAs), a divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in an Aug. 7 unpublished opinion (Brian K. Nygaard, et al. v. Property Damage Appraisers Inc., No. 18-15055, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23586)....