Padilla v. DE Frey & Co., Inc.

Opinion by

Judge TAUBMAN.

Defendants, Dale E. Frey, D.E. Frey & Co., Inc., and D.E. Frey & Company Group, Inc., (the Frey parties) appeal from a judgment entered upon an arbitration award of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) in favor of plaintiff, Jose A. Padilla. We affirm.

Padilla commenced an action in district court against the Frey parties asserting claims of breach of employment contract, wrongful discharge, defamation, and outrageous conduct. However, the Frey parties moved to dismiss the complaint and to compel arbitration by the NASD. They asserted that Padilla had…