Americorp Securities, Inc. v. Sager
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane Solomon, J.), *116entered May 13, 1996, which granted the petition to stay arbitration of respondents’ claims for punitive damages and attorneys’ fees, and denied respondents’ cross motion to dismiss the petition, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the petition denied and the parties directed to proceed to arbitration.
The motion to stay arbitration of the claims for punitive damages and attorneys’ fees was improperly granted because the parties’ arbitration agreement did not unequivocally exclude such relief, but rather implied that these…
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