Independent School District No. 279 v. Winkelman Building Corp.

OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

Appellant, a general contractor, filed a demand for arbitration claiming that respondent, a school district, owed it $25,000 remaining on a construction contract. The arbitrator awarded respondent $20,000 and appellant $5,000, respectively, from the escrow account and found that respondent had waived any other affirmative setoff or counterclaim against appellant. Upon respondent’s motion, the district court concluded that the arbitrator had exceeded his authority and vacated the portion of the arbitrator’s decision holding that respondent had waived its right to assert…