Allstate Insurance Co. v. Dandan

OPINION OF THE COURT

Herbert Kramer, J.

Is the award made to an infant in an uninsured motorist arbitration subject to vacatur on the ground that the award was inconsistent with the arbitrator’s findings and deviated materially from what could be considered reasonable compensation? In answering this question in the affirmative, this court was called upon to resolve the conundrum presented by the conflict between the inherent judicial obligation to safeguard an infant’s welfare and the strong policy disfavoring judicial review of arbitration proceedings.

In 1996, the infant respondents were…