A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC. v. CLARK

88-1119, 88-1124, 88-1031 and 88-1135.

558 So.2d 358 (1990)

A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC. v. M. Brooks CLARK. Richard THOMPSON v. M. Brooks CLARK. Ex parte A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC., a corporation. (Re M. Brooks CLARK v. Richard THOMPSON, individually and A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., a corporation). Ex parte Richard THOMPSON. (Re M. Brooks CLARK v. Richard THOMPSON, individually and A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., a corporation).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Lee Cooper and A. Inge Selden III of Maynard, Cooper, Frierson & Gale, Birmingham, for appellant/petitioner A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

J. Victor Bowman and Richard H. Cater of Burnham, Klinefelter, Halsey, Jones & Cater, Anniston, for appellant/petitioner Richard Thompson.

Vernon L. Wells II and James E. Ferguson III of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for appellee/respondent M. Brooks Clark.


MADDOX, Justice.

These cases present two issues:

1. Whether the defendants' appeals from orders denying arbitration of the plaintiff's defamation claim were required to be filed within 14 days or within 42 days under the provisions of Rule 4, A.R.App.P., and

2. Whether a tort claim for defamation was included within the scope of the parties' agreement to arbitrate.

M. Brooks Clark, a stockbroker, sued Richard Thompson, a fellow stockbroker...

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