Legal Opinion

Jelenevsky v. Leonakis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 23, 1996PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR 7511 to vacate an arbitration award, the appeal, as limited by the appellants’ brief, is from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Bergerman, J.), dated January 12, 1996, as granted the respondents’ application to vacate the arbitrator’s award.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Although courts generally will not interfere with the judgment of arbitrators, an arbitration award is "not to be confirmed without question where there is evidence of misconduct prejudicing the rights of the parties” (Matter…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Goldfinger v. LiskerNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Railway Mail Assn. v. CorsiNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
  3. Matter of Horowitz v. KaplanNew York Court of Appeals · 1928

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Matter of Paluch v. KohnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022

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