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

No. 92794.

2009 Ohio 5837

Cleveland-Akron-Canton Advertising Cooperative Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Physician's Weight Loss Centers of America, Inc., et al., Defendants. Appeal by: Ralph Fichtner, Christine Floerke, Amy Linn, and Sparkle Wilson, Defendants

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

RELEASED: November 5, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Seitz, Nada G. Faddoul, Stark & Knoll Co., LPA, 3475 Ridgewood Road, Akron, Ohio 44333, Attorneys for Appellants.

John F. Burke, III, Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co., LPA, 2150 Illuminating Building, 55 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1994, For Cleveland-Akron-Canton Advertising Cooperative, Michael J. Kaplan, 395 Springside Drive, Akron, Ohio 44333-2434, For Physician's Weight Loss Centers of America, Inc.. Samuel W. Basta, 2364 West 11th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Adrianne Abdelaal (pro se), 7260 Royal Port Rust, Solon, Ohio 44139, David Epifano (pro se), c/o Physician's Weight Loss Centers, 6701 Rockside Road, Suite 207, Independence, Ohio 44131, Tim Sandvick (pro se), 9905 Pebble Beach, Aurora, Ohio 44202, For Mohammand Ghrib, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before: Celebrezze, J., Cooney, A.J., and Sweeney, J.

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, Jr., J.

{¶ 1} Appellants, Adrianne Abdelaal, David Epifano, Ralph Fichtner, Christine Floerke, Mohammand Ghrib, Amy Linn, Tim Sandvick, and Sparkle Wilson, ("Franchisees"), appeal the lower court's denial of their motion to dismiss or stay the lower court proceedings pending arbitration. After a thorough review of the record, and for the following reasons, we affirm.

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