Heller v. Blue Aerospace, LLC

Appellant Arthur Heller, defendant below, appeals a non-final order denying his motion to compel arbitration in favor of Appellee Blue Aerospace, LLC (“Team Blue”), plaintiff below. We reverse, finding that Team Blue is equitably estopped from refusing to arbitrate the fraud claims against Heller which are at issue in this case.

Heller is the sole member and only employee of non-party Zell Global, LLC (“Zell”). Zell entered into a contract with Team Blue to render financial consulting services in connection with the potential sale of Team Blue’s assets or equity. Team Blue ultimately sold the…