King v. Sentry Claims Service

I respectfully dissent from the opinion of the majority. In the case sub judice, defendant-appellee Sentry Claims Services (“Sentry”) alleged partiality or corruption on the part of arbitrator Howard A. Schulman as a result of an alleged prior attorney-client relationship that had existed between the plaintiffs-appellants and Schulman. Sentry, in its motion to vacate the arbitration award, alleged that Schulman had previously filed a lawsuit on behalf of the appellants against the Lakewood Board of Education for injuries suffered prior to the motor vehicle accident which formed the basis of…