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PRIME CHARTER LTD., Petitioner-Respondent, v. ZELDA KAPCHAN, Respondent-Appellant.

Respondent-appellant Kapchan commenced an NASD arbitration (Kapchan I) against petitioner, Prime Charter Ltd., seeking on various theories essentially to void a number of securities transactions executed by Prime Charters Ltd. on her behalf. During Kapchan I, appellant made a motion to amend her claim to include the allegation that one of the brokers was not properly registered. That motion was denied as untimely. Appellant then began a second arbitration (Kapchan II) to void the same transactions on this ground. Because Kapchan II is merely a preemptive collateral attack on any future award issued in Kapchan I, the court properly stayed Kapchan II (see, Corey v. New York Stock Exchange, 691 F.2d 1205, 1212-1213; see also, Decker v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Smith, 205 F.3d 906). Appellant's reliance on Mian v. Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette Sec. Corp. ( 7 F.3d 1085) is misplaced, since the subsequent civil rights action in Mian was truly independent of the claims asserted in the original arbitration. Here, in Kapchan II, appellant challenges the very same securities transactions challenged in Kapchan I, simply on a new theory. Furthermore, the Kapchan II claim was raised and denied in Kapchan I, albeit on procedural grounds. If appellant wishes to challenge that determination, her exclusive remedy is to do so within Kapchan I in accordance with section 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act (see, Corey v. New York Stock Exchange, 691 F.2d, supra; 9 U.S.C. § 10).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

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PRIME CHARTER LTD v. KAPCHAN
(Oct 30, 2001)