Court Opinion

ID: 9518490
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:54:27.203029+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:29:20.461607
License: Public Domain

SULLIVAN, Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur that Count I of Nims's complaint is subject to arbitration. I disagree, however, as to Count II of the complaint.
Although Nims's claim is one of false accusation of sexual harassment by O'Neill rather than an act of sexual harassment *421itself, the false allegation claim is inextricably intertwined with the act of which Nims was allegedly accused. Accordingly, I would hold that Nims's claim of false accusation is not required to be arbitrated. NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure Rule 10201(b).
I do not read NASD Arbitration Rule 10216, referenced by the majority in Footnote 1, to provide for coordination of Nims's two separate claims under Counts I and II. The Rule addresses a claim asserted by a party either in arbitration or in a court and coordination of a related claim by a respondent to the claim of the party.
I would reverse as to Count I but would affirm as to Count IL.