Legal Opinion

Woodard v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group

California Court of Appeal

Decided August 26, 1985No. B007109PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KLEIN, P. J.

Plaintiffs and appellants Perry Woodard and Lenda Woodard (the Woodards) appeal the judgment confirming an arbitration award following arbitration with defendants and respondents, Southern California Permanente Medical Group and Peter B. Fischer, M.D. (SCPMG).

The superior court properly refused to correct the arbitration award to add costs of suit allowed by Code of Civil Procedure section 998 and interest pursuant to Civil Code section 3291 when the court confirmed the award. Those sections do not apply to arbitration, and assuming they did, mere arbitrator error in…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  4. Lesser Towers, Inc. v. Roscoe-Ajax Construction Co.California Court of Appeal · 1969
  5. Lehto v. Underground Constr. Co.California Court of Appeal · 1977

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