Opinion
November 18, 1999
John Lang, for Respondent-Respondent.
WILLIAMS, J.P., MAZZARELLI, RUBIN, SAXE, BUCKLEY, JJ.
Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Braun, J.), entered March 15, 1999, which denied the petition pursuant to CPLR 7503(b) for a stay of arbitration of certain claims for fraud asserted by respondent against petitioners, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The arbitration clauses contained in the parties' Services Agreements, apply to "any controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to" those agreements. Accordingly, since the fraud claims whose arbitration petitioner would stay indisputably relate to the enforceability of respondent's obligations under the Services Agreements, the fraud claims were properly found to be arbitrable by the IAS court (see, Alsy Corp. v. Gindel, 197 A.D.2d 492).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.