KAMARATOS v. PALIAS


821 A.2d 531 (2003)

360 N.J. Super. 76

Gus KAMARATOS, Victoria Kamaratos and North East General Contractors, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Konstantinos PALIAS, a/k/a Kostas Palias, Defendant. Dakis Construction, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Plaintiff, v. North East General Contractors, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Defendant. Dimitirous Hadjimarkos and Michael Psomias, Plaintiffs, v. North East General Contractors, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, v. Gus Kamaratos, Victoria Kamaratos and West Side Contracting, Inc., Third Party Defendants. West Side Contracting, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Plaintiff, v. North East General Contractors, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, a corporation of the State of Ohio, Housing Authority, City of Newark, NJ, and Kostas Palias, Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilton L. Stein, Montville, attorney for appellants (Mr. Stein, of counsel; Diane M. Acciavatti, on the brief).

Respondent, Frank T. Araps, North Brunswick, submitted a pro se brief (Mr. Araps and Margaret Shaara O'Brien, on the brief).

Before Judges WEFING, LISA and FUENTES.


The opinion of the court was delivered by WEFING, J.A.D.

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the trial court granting the motion of Frank T. Araps, Esq. to compel arbitration of their dispute about the legal fees allegedly due and owing to Araps. We reverse.

Gus Kamaratos and his wife, Victoria Kamaratos, ("Kamaratos") were minority shareholders in North East General Contractors, Inc., a company engaged in the construction...

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