Legal Opinion
Berman v. Dean Witter & Co., Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 30, 1975No. Civ. 43953PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, J.
Defendants Dean Witter & Co. (Witter) and Norman Sobel (Sobel) appeal from an order 1 denying their petition to compel arbitration and to stay proceedings in the action brought against them by plaintiffs Jack and Leona Berman.
Plaintiffs who are husband and wife commenced this action with the filing of a complaint captioned “Complaint for Negligence; Complaint for a Breach of a Fiduciary Relationship” which alleged that Leona Berman maintained an account with Witter, a securities broker, and that on May 16, 1972, Jack Berman purchased on margin for Leona’s account five…
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