California Court of Appeal

In proceedings arising from a breach of contract suit involving an agreement to lease an assembly hall for a catering event and plaintiff's claim that defendant knew about the city's restrictive ordinances precluding the use of the hall for catered events, trial court's confirmation of an arbitrator's award of over $1.2 million in favor of plaintiff is reversed and vacated as the arbitrator's conduct deprived defendant of a fair hearing because the arbitrator exceeded his powers by limiting defendant's representation at the arbitration to an individual who had been sued personally, was not defendant's choice of representative, was not involved in significant aspects of the transaction and was dismissed from the action at the conclusion of the hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/07/2010
• Published 12/07/2010

Judges

• TODD

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Aaron L. Lubeley, Leon Kirakosian