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Caligiuri v. First Colony Life Insurance Co.

Case Date: 12/01/2000
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-00-1998 Rel

SIXTH DIVISION
DECEMBER 1, 2000



No. 1-00-1998
HEIDI CALIGIURI,
                    Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

FIRST COLONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
and WILLIAM MANISCALCO,
                    Defendants,

and

MERRILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, INC.,
                    Defendant-Appellant.
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WILLIAM MANISCALCO,
                    Cross-Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

MERRILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, INC.,
                    Cross-Defendant-Appellant.

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)		 APPEAL FROM THE
CIRCUIT COURT
OF COOK COUNTY.










No. 98 CH 6684





HONORABLE
JULIA NOWICKI,
JUDGE PRESIDING.

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of thecourt:

Defendant Merrill Lynch Life Agency, Inc. (MLLA), an Illinois corporation, appeals an order of the circuit court of CookCounty denying its motion to compel arbitration and stay thepresent action brought by plaintiff Heidi Caligiuri against MLLAand defendants First Colony Life Insurance Company (First Colony)and William A. Maniscalco. First Colony and Maniscalco are notparties to this interlocutory appeal.

The record on appeal discloses the following facts. MLLA isa wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &Smith, Inc. (MLPF&S), a broker-dealer registered under section 15of the federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (see 15 U.S.C.