BAYLES v. EVANS

No. 18-0871, No. 18-0876.

842 S.E.2d 235 (2020)

Debra K. BAYLES, Plaintiff Below, Petitioner v. Jeffrey N. EVANS, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Kristina Nicholls, and Stephen Bayles, Defendants Below, Respondents and Jeffrey N. Evans, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Kristina Nicholls, and Stephen Bayles, Defendants Below, Petitioners v. Debra K. Bayles, Plaintiff Below, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: April 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman D. Lantz, Esq. , Lantz Law Offices, Moundsville, West Virginia, Chad Groome, Esq. , David Jividen, Esq. , Jividen Law Office, Wheeling, West Virginia, Counsel for the Plaintiff.

Edward P. Tiffey, Esq. , Tiffey Law Practice, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Defendants Jeffrey N. Evans and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Christi R.B. Stover, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Morgantown, West Virginia, Ancil G. Ramey, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia, Counsel for Defendants Kristina Nicholls and Stephen Bayles.


In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Marshall County, we are asked to examine an order compelling a plaintiff to arbitrate her dispute with an investment firm. The plaintiff's deceased husband created two accounts with the investment firm (the "brokerage account" and the "portfolio account"), and the contracts he signed required...

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