DeCAMINADA v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, LLP

In this age discrimination and conversion action, defendants appeal by leave granted from an order denying their motion to compel arbitration. We reverse.

The facts of the underlying lawsuit are not at issue on appeal. Essentially, plaintiff worked for defendant Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P., for over thirty years before he was terminated. Plaintiff then filed suit alleging that his termination was the product of age discrimination and that defendants wrongfully converted his former clients. It is undisputed that plaintiff signed an arbitration agreement in which he agreed to arbitrate certain…