Jones v. Paradies

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

At the heart of this appeal is the question of whether the defendants, who were non-signatories, may enforce a contractual arbitration clause. We answer in the negative. Plaintiffs sued the defendants for tortiously interfering and conspiring to tortiously interfere with a contract. Defendants served as directors of a corporation that was bound by an arbitration agreement. But the plaintiffs sued the defendants in their individual capacity and not as agents of the corporation. The defendants sought to enforce the arbitration provision contained in the contract with…