Legal Opinion

Carpenter v. Brooks

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided August 29, 2000No. COA99-878PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDMUNDS, Judge.

Defendants Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. (Smith Barney), Pinnacle Group, Inc. (Pinnacle), and Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. (Legg Mason), appeal the trial court’s vacatur of an arbitration award. We reverse.

Plaintiffs Shirley S. Carpenter (Carpenter) and Diane Carson (Carson) were introduced to defendant George Brooks (Brooks) in the autumn of 1983. At that time, Brooks was an account executive and sales agent for Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc. (Shearson), predecessor of defendant Smith Barney, in Charlotte. According to plaintiffs’ complaint, Brooks offered to assist plaintiffs in…

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