SCHMITZ v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER

No. 5-10-0160.

939 N.E.2d 40 (2010)

Bradley J. SCHMITZ, Bettie A. Schmitz, Andrea M. Conte, f/k/a Andrea M. Huth, Adrienne A. LaCroix, f/k/a Adrienne A. Huth, Jeremy G. Schmitz, Valerie L. Eisenhardt, f/k/a Valerie L. Schmitz, and Erica L. Schmitz, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC., d/b/a Merrill Lynch & Company, and James Maher, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Will , Winthrop B. Reed, III , Vincent D. Reese , Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, St. Louis, MO, for Appellants.

Joseph R. Dulle , Stone, Leyton & Gershman, P.C., St. Louis, MO, Stephen J. Telken , Schoen, Walton, Telken & Foster, LLC, East St. Louis, IL, for Appellees.


Justice SPOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants—Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., doing business as Merrill Lynch & Company (Merrill Lynch), and James Maher—appeal, pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 307(a)(1) (188 Ill.2d R. 307(a)(1)), the March 5, 2010, order of the circuit court of St. Clair County, which denied their motion to dismiss and compel the arbitration of the claims set forth in the first amended...

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