Opinion ID: 2244131
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Heading: Important Public Right

Text: The determination that the public policy vindicated is one of constitutional stature satisfies the important public right requirement. (See Slayton v. Pomona Unified School Dist. (1984) 161 Cal. App.3d 538, 547, 207 Cal.Rptr. 705.) In its February 1, 2006 order denying the petition to confirm arbitration award, the trial court stated that bill staffer inserts were not enforceable means of waiving the procedural right of trial by jury. The right to a jury trial is constitutionally protected. (Cal. Const., art. I, § 16; Badie, supra, 67 Cal.App.4th at p. 804, 79 Cal.Rptr.2d 273.) Thus, the February 1, 2006 order suffices as substantial evidence in the record to support the trial court's finding that an important public right was vindicated by the petition denial.