COLLINS v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH, INC.

No. 89-CA-0915.

561 So.2d 952 (1990)

J. Charles COLLINS, Jr. and Fred A. Collins v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH, INC. and John Doe.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Middlebert, Riddle & Gianna, Paul J. Mirabile, Brian P. Charboneau, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellants/respondents, J. Charles Collins, Jr. and Freda Collins.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, W.L. West, New Orleans, for defendants/appellees Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc. and John Doe.

Before GARRISON, BARRY and KLEES, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

The central issue involved in this appeal is whether the defendants, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc. [Merrill Lynch] and its employee, financial consultant R. Jackson Little, have the right to force the plaintiffs, former customers of Merrill Lynch, to submit their claims against defendants to arbitration.

Plaintiffs, J. Charles Collins, Jr., and Freda Collins, as heirs and successors of their brother Frank Collins, filed suit against...

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