Legal Opinion
Noel Madamba Contracting, LLC v. Romero.
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided November 25, 2015No. SCWC-12-0000778, SCWC-12-0000868PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
WILSON, J.
In this case we consider the issue first addressed in Nordic PCL Constr., Inc. v. LPIHGC, LLC, 136 Hawai'i 29, 358 P.3d 1 (2015), of whether under the Hawaii Uniform Arbitration Act (HUAA) (codified at Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 658A), a decision of a neutral arbitrator must be vacated due to evident partiality.
The case arises from the arbitration of a construction contract dispute between homeowners Ramon Romero and Cassie Romero (the Romeros) and contractor Noel Madamba Contracting LLC (Madamba). The main question before us is whether arbitrator…
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