JC BRADFORD & CO., LLC v. Vick

The plaintiffs, Louise Bowman Vick and Melissa Vick Wilkins (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Vicks"), sued J.C. Bradford Co., L.L.C.; PaineWebber Group, Inc.; PaineWebber, Inc.; UBS PaineWebber, Inc.; Everett F. Nix, Jr.; and Thomas Kloess (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the PaineWebber defendants"); and Thomas Roberts, claiming damages based on several state-law theories.1 The PaineWebber defendants moved the trial court to stay proceedings pending arbitration. The trial court treated this motion as a motion to compel arbitration, and denied it. The PaineWebber…