James W. Bonar and Beverly J. Bonar v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., John S. Mc Nally, Jr., Ed Leavenworth

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1988-01-22

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KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge: Arbitrators of a dispute between the Bo-nars and Dean Witter Reynolds awarded punitive as well as compensatory damages to the Bonars. Dean Witter claims that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to vacate the award of punitive damages because (1) it was obtained through fraud; (2) the arbitrators lacked authority to award punitive damages; (8) the appellees contractually waived any…

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