Legal Opinion
Ford v. Shearson Lehman American Express, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 13, 1986No. B014229PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LUI, Acting P. J.
Plaintiff Benson Ford, Jr. (Ford) filed suit against his former psychotherapist, Louis Fuentes (Fuentes); his former bookkeeper and business manager, Lydia Szabo (Szabo); Shearson Lehman American Express, Inc. (Shearson), a securities broker and investment adviser; and others. Ford seeks compensatory and punitive damages from the defendants for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and civil conspiracy to commit fraud.
This appeal concerns whether Ford may avoid arbitration of his disputes with Shearson when arbitration is called for by the terms of…
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