PATTON v. JOHNSON

No. 18-1750.

915 F.3d 827 (2019)

Rickie PATTON and Cathleen Marquardt, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Barry JOHNSON, Defendant, Appellant, and Steven Johnson, Individually and as Law Offices of Steven M. Johnson d/b/a The Johnson Law Firm, Co-defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel D. Zurier , Providence, RI, for appellant.

Matthew S. Dawson , with whom Lynch & Pine, Attorneys at Law, LLC, Providence, RI, was on brief, for appellees.

Before Barron, Circuit Judge, Souter, Associate Justice, and Selya, Circuit Judge.


Over time, this case has become a procedural motley. In its current iteration, defendant-appellant Barry Johnson emphasizes his association with the Johnson Law Firm (JLF) in attempting to compel the plaintiffs, Rickie Patton and his wife Cathleen Marquardt, to arbitrate various tort claims (including their claims of legal...

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