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Johnston v. Silverman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 20, 1990
167 A.D.2d 284 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

November 20, 1990

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.).


Plaintiff entered into an agreement and modification agreement with defendant Professional Data Resources, Inc., both of which provided for the arbitration of any claims or disputes. The individual petitioners, Ira Silverman and Noah Fleschner, however, were not parties to the agreements having signed the same in their representative capacities not their individual capacities. Petitioners timely moved for a permanent stay of arbitration pursuant to CPLR 7503 (c), and accordingly, there being no agreement to arbitrate between plaintiff and the individual petitioners, the arbitration with respect to the individual petitioners was properly stayed.

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Ross, Asch, Kassal and Smith, JJ.


Summaries of

Johnston v. Silverman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 20, 1990
167 A.D.2d 284 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

Johnston v. Silverman

Case Details

Full title:GREG R. JOHNSTON, Appellant, v. IRA SILVERMAN et al., Respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Nov 20, 1990

Citations

167 A.D.2d 284 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
561 N.Y.S.2d 788

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