Paone v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

¶ 1 Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. (“Dean Witter”)1 appeals the order denying its petition to compel arbitration in this suit brought against it by Joseph R. Paone. We are called upon in this appeal to determine whether the rule articulated by our Supreme Court in Flightways Corp. v. Keystone Helicopter Corp., 459 Pa. 660, 331 A.2d 184 (1975) — that an arbitration provision is enforceable in an agreement alleged to have been induced by fraud unless the allegation of fraud goes specifically to the arbitration provision — applies where the agreement is alleged to have arisen out of a confidential…