Seal-Tite Bag Co. v. Brennen

D’ALESSANDRO, J.,

Before this court comes plaintiff, Seal-Tite Bag Co., and its petition to file an appeal from an award of arbitrators nunc pro tunc.

This action, for breach of contract, was commenced by the filing of a complaint on December 11, 1987, at which time a compulsory arbitration date was set for August 18, 1988. Plaintiff’s complaint was reinstated on March 15, 1988 and service was effectuated on April 7, 1988.

Plaintiff’s counsel failed to appear at the arbitration hearing due to a clerical error. On August 22, 1988, the report and award of arbitrators, finding for defendants, for…