Webb v. Frawley

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Arbitration
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 16-3336
Decision Date: 
May 24, 2017
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed and reversed in part

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in one plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging that defendant-co-worker defrauded him and interfered with his employment with parties’ employer-securities and investment banking firm, where said employment contract contained clause calling for arbitration before FINRA with respect to “matters relating to your employment.” Record showed that said plaintiff was person associated with FINRA, due to said plaintiff’s employment with parties’ employer, even though plaintiff was not employed by said employer at time instant lawsuit had been filed. However, Dist. Ct. erred in granting same motion to compel arbitration with respect to second plaintiff, who had not signed relevant employment contract containing instant arbitration clause.