Nelson v. Westport Shipyard, Inc.

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Hunt, J.

Westport Shipyard, Inc., a closely held corporation, appeals a pretrial superior court ruling denying its motion to compel arbitration of the shareholder claims included in employee-shareholder-director Larry Nelson’s multiclaim lawsuit against Westport. As Westport notes, Nelson’s six causes of action include a combination of *105shareholder-based and employee-based claims, including fiduciary breach and minority shareholder oppression. More specifically, in his sixth cause of action, for duress, coercion, and misrepresentation, Nelson seeks to nullify the 2004 shareholders agreement,…