Legal Opinion
Edward D. Jones & Co., LP v. Ventura
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 25, 2005No. 1031752 and 1031767PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an arbitration case. Edward D. Jones Co., LP, and its agent, Robert Decker, appeal from the denial of their motion to compel Tranquilino Ryan Ventura to arbitrate his claims against them. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co. and its agent, Hunter S. Bowen, appeal separately from the same order, in which the trial court denied their motion to compel Ventura to arbitrate his claims against them. We reverse.
Facts
When Ventura was 14 years old, he received more than $500,000 in cash as a result of a wrongful-death action filed after his father was killed. A trust estate, funded with those…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Georgia Power Co. v. PartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
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3Cited by17 opinions
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