KAMAYA CO., LTD. v. APC

No. 40801-1-I.

959 P.2d 1140 (1998)

91 Wash.App. 703

KAMAYA CO., LTD., a Japanese corporation; Pacific Business Investment, Inc., a Washington corporation; Ft Limited Co., a Japanese corporation; Hisa Yoshi Yazaki, an individual; Kazuo Ito and Kimiko Ito, husband and wife; Tomoyuki Katayama, an individual, Appellants, v. AMERICAN PROPERTY CONSULTANTS, LTD., a Japanese corporation; APC, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Steven P. Quaiver and Miwako Quaiver, husband and wife; Michael Peterson and Jane Doe Peterson, husband and wife; Alan Peterson, an individual; Grancorp, Inc., a Washington corporation; Michael Heijer and Jill Heijer, husband and wife; Jeff Bynum and Jane Doe Bynum, husband and wife; Jennifer Cobb and Jane Doe Cobb, husband and wife, Respondents, Second & Broad, Inc., a Washington corporation; Granaten U.S.A., Inc., a Washington corporation; Stig Modig and Jane Doe Modig, husband and wife; Hans Thulin and Jane Doe Thulin, husband and wife; Sven-Eric Hansson and Jane Doe Hansson, husband and wife; Lennart Molvin and Jane Doe Molvin, husband and wife, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

July 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Goodfriend, Edwards, Sieh, Smith & Goodfriend P.S., Seattle, F. F. Fouad, New York, N.Y., for Appellants.

Jay H. Zulauf, Mundt, MacGregor, Happel, Falconer, Zulauf & Hall, Michael H. Himes, Douglas W. Greene, Perkins Coie, John H. Chun, Seattle, for Respondents.


KENNEDY, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs—a group of passive investors in a Japanese real estate partnership—appeal the trial court's order compelling them to arbitrate their fraud-in-the-inducement of the partnership agreement claims with American Property Consultants, Ltd., and its officers and directors (the APC Defendants). Plaintiffs contend that their fraud-in-the-inducement claims are not arbitrable under the partnership agreement's arbitration clause...

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