Harris v. Allied American Insurance

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion to confirm an arbitration award entered against defendant and her motion to reconsider.

After plaintiff brought an action to compel arbitration of her uninsured-motorist claim, defendant agreed to submit the matter to arbitration. Under the terms of the policy, the arbitrators were required to determine whether plaintiff was “legally entitled to recover damages from the owner or operator of an uninsured automobile because of bodily injury to the…