HH East Parcel, LLC v. Handy & Harman, Inc.

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

In this appeal, we consider the appropriate level of deference that the courts, in performing their de novo review of whether an arbitration award violates public policy, should give to the arbitrator’s factual findings. The defendant, Handy and Harman, Inc., appeals 1 from the judgment of the trial court granting the application of the plaintiff, HH East Parcel, LLC, to confirm, and denying the defendant’s application to vacate, an arbitration award rendered in favor of the plaintiff. On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court, in confirming the award, improperly…