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ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS: DENNIS F. CANTRELL TARA STAPLETON LUTES Cantrell, Strenski & Mehringer, LLP Indianapolis, Indiana CHRISTOPHER J. RILLO PAULA M. KETCHAM LISA CAREY-DAVIS Schiff Hardin LLP Chicago, Illinois

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES: ANDREW W. HULL ALICE M. MORICAL Hoover Hull LLP Indianapolis, Indiana W. GARY KOHLMAN JEREMIAH A. COLLINS JOHN M. WEST DOUGLAS L. GREENFIELD ABIGAIL V. CARTER DANIEL A. ZIBEL Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C. Washington, DC

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of the supreme court, court of appeals and tax court

Dec 28 2010, 9:14 am

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
WARREN L. WILLIAMS, DAVID M. KARANDOS, UBS FINANCIAL SERVS., INC., MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC., ROBERT FRANKEL, HUTTELSTON ASSOCS., INC., MCINNES MAGGART CONSULTING GRP., L.L.C., and CROWE HORWATH, LLP, Appellants-Defendants, vs. DAVID ORENTLICHER, JOHN F. SPRINGER, FREDERICK J. SUMAN, J. SUE KELLY, STEVE GOOKINS, BRENDA PIKE, and EDWARD P. SULLIVAN, as Trustees of the I.S.T.A. Insurance Trust, Appellees-Plaintiffs. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CLERK

No. 49A02-1003-PL-249

APPEAL FROM THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT The Honorable Robyn L. Moberly, Judge Cause No. 49D05-0907-PL-34768

December 28, 2010

OPINION - FOR PUBLICATION

NAJAM, Judge

STATEMENT OF THE CASE Warren L. Williams and Robert Frankel are former employees of the Indiana State Teachers Association ("ISTA"). As employees of the ISTA, they also acted as

fiduciaries with the ISTA Insurance Trust ("the Trust"), an entity legally separate and distinct from the ISTA. Their employment agreements with the ISTA contained

arbitration clauses. In July of 2009, the Trust, by its trustees ("the Trustees"), filed suit against Williams and Frankel. In turn, Williams and Frankel filed a motion to compel arbitration of the Trusts claims, which the trial court denied. They now bring this interlocutory appeal1 from the trial courts order denying their motion to compel arbitration. Williams and Frankel raise three issues for our review, one of which we find dispositive: whether the Trust is bound by the arbitration provisions of Williams and

This interlocutory appeal is authorized by statute. See Ind. Code

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