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Securities
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Tenant in Common Interests

Gerhard Rohloff individually and as Trustee of the Gerhard Rohloff Living Trust dated 7/11/05 v. Jeffrey Joseph Arburn, Impact Financial Management LLC, Whitehall-Parker Securities Inc., Grubb & Ellis Securities Inc.

Published: Nov. 3, 2012 | Result Date: Oct. 5, 2012 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: 10-03941 Arbitration –  Expungement

Court

FINRA


Attorneys

Claimant

Christopher P. Mader
(Baldwin Mader Law Group)


Respondent

Abe Lampart
(Law Offices of Abe Lampart PC)

Jennifer Diane Stein


Facts

Gerhard Rohloff filed suit against Jeffrey Arburn, Impact Financial Management LLC, Whitehall-Parker Securities Inc., and Grubb & Ellis Securities Inc. Rohloff asserted causes of action for financial abuse of an elder, suitability, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, supervision, breach of contract, negligence, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, failure to observe high commercial standards, and respondeat superior. The causes of action related to various tenant in common interests purchased by Rohloff.

Damages

Rohloff requested $3,660,429 in compensatory damages, in addition to consequential and punitive damages.

Result

The arbitration panel recommended the expungement of all references to the arbitration in Arburn's registration records. Otherwise, the panel found that Rohloff's claims were false and denied him the relief he requested.

Other Information

ARBITRATORS: Edwin C. Shiver, Herbert Liberman, Mark A. Jones.


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