LOPEZ v. CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

No. A102603.

13 Cal.Rptr.3d 544 (2004)

118 Cal.App.4th 1224

Cynthia M. LOPEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

April 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Sturdevant, Karen L. Hindin, Monique Olivier, The Sturdevant Law Firm, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gilbert R. Serota, Christine Challas, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rablin, San Francisco, Garrett R. Wynne, Charles, Schwab & Co. Inc., San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Respondent.


RIVERA, J.

Plaintiff Cynthia M. Lopez appeals the judgment entered in this action after an arbitration award. We conclude the trial court erred in granting defendant Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.'s (Schwab) motion to compel arbitration. Accordingly, we reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

Schwab is a securities broker, and as part of its business opens and maintains trading accounts for its clients and executes transfers of securities and buy and sell orders...

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