Legal Opinion

Maaso v. Signer

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 7, 2012No. B228314PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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DOI TODD, Acting P. J.

Per A. Maaso, by and through his guardian ad litem, George Richard Martin, sued Stephen Signer, M.D., for medical malpractice. The case was ordered to binding contractual arbitration before a panel of three arbitrators. Two of the three arbitrators found that Maaso failed to prove causation, and an arbitration award was issued in favor of Signer. The trial court vacated the award on the ground that it was procured by “undue means,” based on ex parte contact between Signer’s party arbitrator and the neutral arbitrator while the award was pending, and ordered the…

2Cases cited32 opinions

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