Bledsole v. Johnson

PARKER, Justice.

The issues before this Court in this appeal arising out of a court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration proceeding are whether the Court of Appeals erred (i) in affirming the trial court’s order striking defendant’s request for trial de novo, and (ii) in reversing the trial court’s order awarding plaintiff costs incurred prior to the arbitration award and remanding the case to the trial court for an order clarifying the basis for the award of attorneys’ fees and costs incurred after the arbitration award.

On 4 April 2000 plaintiff instituted this civil action seeking damages arising…