Barnes v. Washington Mutual Bank

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy S. Friedman, J.), entered April 7, 2006, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, dismissed on the merits this proceeding to vacate an arbitration award, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner fails to assert any recognized basis for vacating the award, such as by demonstrating that it was tainted by fraud, corruption, bias or misconduct (see Local 375, Dist. Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 257 AD2d 530, 532 [1999]). Rather, the evidence shows that the arbitrator afforded petitioner…