Legal Opinion
ARBITRATION BETWEEN WINKELMAN v. Kraft Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided January 27, 2005No. 03-2355PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEININGER, EJ.
¶ 1. John Winkelman appeals a judgment that confirmed his right to recover compensatory damages awarded him by an arbitrator but denied his recovery of punitive damages and attorney fees that the arbitrator also awarded. Kraft Foods, Inc., cross-appeals, claiming that the circuit court should have set aside the arbitrator's award in its entirety. We conclude that the arbitrator did not exceed her powers or perversely misconstrue the law in awarding Winkel-man the amounts that she did. Accordingly, all aspects of the arbitration award should have been confirmed. We therefore…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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