CLEVELAND-AKRON-CANTON ADVERTISING COOP. v. PHYSICIAN'S WEIGHT LOSS CTRS. OF AM., INC.

No. 92718.

184 Ohio App.3d 805 (2009)

2009-Ohio-5699

CLEVELAND-AKRON-CANTON ADVERTISING COOPERATIVE, Appellee, v. PHYSICIAN'S WEIGHT LOSS CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Decided October 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co., L.P.A., and John F. Burke III, for appellee, Cleveland-Akron-Canton Advertising Cooperative.

Michael J. Kaplan, for appellant Physician's Weight Loss Centers of America, Inc.

Stark & Knoll Co., L.P.A., and Brian J. Seitz, for defendants Ralph Fichtner, Christine Floerke, Amy Linn, and Sparkle Wilson.


FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR., Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Physician's Weight Loss Centers of America, Inc. ("PWLC"), appeals the lower court's denial of its motion to dismiss or stay the lower court proceedings pending arbitration. After a thorough review of the record, and for the following reasons, we reverse.

{¶ 2} Pursuant to agreements with PWLC's franchisees, each franchisee in northeast Ohio is required to join an advertising...

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