Plymouth-Carver Regional School District v. J. Farmer & Co.

The defendants appeal from a decision of the Superior Court denying their motions to confirm an arbitrator’s award and granting the plaintiff’s motion to vacate that award. The defendants assert that the judge erred in substituting her judgment for that of the arbitrator in the interpretation of a provision in a contract between Farmer and Marden. We allowed Farmer’s application for direct appellate review. We agree with the defendants. We reverse and remand to the Superior Court for confirmation of the arbitrator’s award.

The plaintiff awarded a contract to Marden to construct a new regional…