p1580 Applying a sliding scale test, a pre-dispute arbitration agreement was unconscionable where there was a low to medium degree of procedural unconscionability and a high degree of substantive unconscionability since arbitration fees and costs were prohibitively expensive for petitioners. CitationPARADA v SUPERIOR COURT (Unconscionable Arbitration), 176 CA4 1554 [See Howsam v Dean Witter Reynolds 537 US 79; Baker v. Osborne Development 159 CA4 884, P/AT 03/08; CivC 1670.5(a); Morris v Redwood Empire Bancorp 128 CA4 1305; Gutierrez v Autowest 114 CA4 77, P/AT 01/04; Armendariz v Foundation Health Psychcare Services 24 C4 83, T/AT 9/00]
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