Tate v. Saratoga Savings & Loan Assn.

Opinion

AGLIANO, P. J.

1. Introduction

Saratoga Savings and Loan Association appeals from a judgment confirming arbitration awards in favor of Ronald Tate and David Lazares and awarding each of them attorney fees and costs. Saratoga’s principal premise is that in form and substance the arbitration proceedings were so unfair the resulting award should have been vacated. Saratoga’s principal complaint is that the arbitration provision in a joint venture agreement allowed its opponents to “stack the deck” of arbitrators by controlling selection of the majority of arbitrators. This appeal presents…