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HATCHER v. EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P.

No. 4431.

379 S.C. 549 (2008)

666 S.E.2d 294

Ricky HATCHER, Respondent, v. EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. and David C. Freeman, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided August 14, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Linwood Gunn, IV, of Canton and Sylvia Germaine Eaves, of Marietta, for Appellants.

Michael F. Mullinax, of Anderson, for Respondent.

HEARN, C.J.:

The issue presented here is whether a broadly-worded arbitration clause contained in an agreement for investment services should be applied to a lawsuit alleging the client's funds were transferred electronically to a third party without his authorization or consent. We hold the claims relating to breach of the underlying agreement should be arbitrated but the claims for negligence and a violation of the South Carolina

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