Insatiable Assets v. Greenberg Glusker CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to compel arbitration of a cross- complaint based on a stipulation as to parties not mentioned in the stipulation or related documents. We reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

In October 2011, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP (Greenberg Glusker), as cross-defendant, filed a motion to compel arbitration “of all claims against Greenberg Glusker except those brought by Sierra Madre” against “Cross- Complainants Dorn-Platz[;] Greg Galletly[;] Insatiable Assets, LLC[;] DLG Family Limited Partnership[;] and One Carter Investors, LLC[,]” on the ground Greenberg Glusker “and Cross-complainants” agreed to compromise an appeal by submitting their dispute to arbitration. As summarized by Greenberg Glusker in its motion, “this is a complex (if not convoluted) lawsuit involving a real estate transaction which cratered due to the crash in the Southern California real estate market. The principal litigants are Dorn Platz Properties, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively ‘[]Dorn Platz[]’) and Sierra Madre Investors LP and its affiliates (collectively ‘[]Sierra Madre[]’). Reduced to its essentials, Sierra Madre…