Brashear v. Pelto

Appeal from that part of an order of the Supreme *1190Court (Reynolds Fitzgerald, J.), entered August 6, 2010 in Broome County, which denied plaintiff’s motion to compel arbitration of plaintiffs claims against defendant Christopher J. Pelto.

Plaintiff opened a brokerage account with defendant TD Ameritrade, Inc. and signed a limited trading authorization allowing his brother-in-law, defendant Christopher J. Pelto, to act as his agent to, among other things, trade securities in the account. By signing the limited trading authorization, the parties agreed to be bound by an arbitration clause…