Bernard v. Kuhn

JAMES S. GETTY, Judge,

Specially Assigned.

The Maryland Uniform Arbitration Act, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, Section 3-223(b)(2), authorizes a cause of action for modification or correction of an award where the Arbitrator has decided an issue not submitted to him, providing that the modification or correction does not affect the merits of the decision upon the issues submitted. The central issue in this case, therefore, is whether the costs of the arbitration, including all attorney’s fees and other expenses incurred, were submitted to the Arbitrator as an issue to be decided by…