DEVORE ASSOCIATES, LLC v. Sorkin

Opinion

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly denied the motion of the defendant, Alan M. Sorkin, to open the judgment granting the application to compel arbitration filed by the plaintiff, Devore Associates, LLC, and defaulting the defendant for his failure to appear at the scheduled hearing on that application. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The trial court set forth the following facts and procedural history, which are relevant to this appeal in ruling on the defendant’s motion. “[The plaintiffs] application to compel arbitration . . . claims that…