Legal Opinion
Lessin, Michael v. Merrill Lynch Pierce
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 16, 2007No. 06-7067PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
During a ten-month period in 2000, Michael Lessin lost $5.6 million in his brokerage account with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. He appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to vacate an arbitration award in his favor for $32,975. Lessin contends vacation is required because the arbitrators refused to hear one of his expert witnesses and demonstrated a manifest disregard of the law in awarding compensatory damages. In the absence of any prejudice as a result of the evidentiary ruling and in light of…
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