Opinion
No. ED 105715
03-13-2018
In the MATTER OF: Mary Tieber BRIECE, Deceased
FOR APPELLANT: Robert Kent Warren, 201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000, Charlotte, NC 28202, Matthew A. Fitzgerald, Attorney Pro Hac Vice, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, VA 23219, Brian C. Walsh, One Metropolitan Square, 211 North Broadway, Ste. 3600, St. Louis, MO 63102. FOR RESPONDENT: Matthew Rossiter, Timothy J. Lemen, Maxwell G. Murtaugh, Attorneys for Respondent, Michael R. Gibbons, 124 Gay Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63105-3620, Michael W. Bartolacci, Attorney for Defendant/Respondent, Mary Lee Grone, One US Bank Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63101.
FOR APPELLANT: Robert Kent Warren, 201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000, Charlotte, NC 28202, Matthew A. Fitzgerald, Attorney Pro Hac Vice, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, VA 23219, Brian C. Walsh, One Metropolitan Square, 211 North Broadway, Ste. 3600, St. Louis, MO 63102.
FOR RESPONDENT: Matthew Rossiter, Timothy J. Lemen, Maxwell G. Murtaugh, Attorneys for Respondent, Michael R. Gibbons, 124 Gay Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63105-3620, Michael W. Bartolacci, Attorney for Defendant/Respondent, Mary Lee Grone, One US Bank Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63101.
Before Gary M. Gaertner, Jr., P.J., Robert M. Clayton III, J., Angela T. Quigless, J.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("Appellant") appeals the order denying its motion to compel arbitration with respect to claims filed by Michael R. Gibbons, acting as personal representative of the Estate of Mary Tieber Briece, against Appellant and Mary Lee Grone. We find no error has occurred.
Pursuant to section 435.440.1(1) RSMo 2000, a party may appeal an order denying a motion to compel arbitration even if it is not denominated as a judgment. See
No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion. We have, however, provided the parties a memorandum setting forth the reasons for our decision. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed under Rule 84.16(b).
Arizon Structures Worldwide, LLC v. Global Blue Technologies-Cameron, LLC , 481 S.W.3d 542, 546 n.4 (Mo. App. E.D. 2015) ; Hobbs v. Tamko Building Products, Inc. , 479 S.W.3d 147, 148 n.3 (Mo. App. S.D. 2015).