Benasra v. Marciano

Opinion

VOGEL (MIRIAM A.), J.

This is a libel action in which the defendants (a corporation and its president) claim the plaintiff (an individual) ought to be compelled to arbitrate simply because he is president of another corporation that had a licensing agreement with the defendant corporation. The essence of the defendants’ position is that the plaintiff, who happens to have signed the licensing agreement as president of another corporation, is bound by the arbitration provision in that agreement either as an agent of the corporation or as a third party beneficiary of the licensing…