Lake County Board of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities v. Professional Ass'n for Teaching of Mentally Retarded

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

'The issue before us is whether the court of common pleas has the authority under R.C. 2711.11 to review and modify the underlying rationale supporting an arbitration award, even though the award itself was not appealed or alleged to be unlawful. For the following reasons, we answer in the negative and reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

Arbitration has long been the preferred means of resolving disputes between labor and management. We have consistently emphasized that “ ‘ “[i]t is the policy of the law to favor and encourage arbitration and every…