Case Name: Wilrock National, Inc., Appellant, v. Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-05-24
Citations: 204 A.D.2d 206
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wilrock National, Inc., Appellant, v Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 204
Pages: 206–207

Head Matter:
Wilrock National, Inc., Appellant, v Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendant.
[612 NYS2d 864]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered on or about March 23, 1993, which denied plaintiff's motion for a stay of arbitration and granted defendant Newmark & Company's motion for a stay of discovery in this judicial action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The IAS Court properly determined that plaintiff's allegations of tortious conduct concerning a real estate commission are arbitrable pursuant to section 1 of article XIII of the Constitution of the Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. since they "pertain to business relations" between plaintiff and defendant Newmark. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Rosenberger, Kupferman, Ross and Tom, JJ.