Bisaccio v. Hart

Defendant appeals a general judgment entered by the trial court in June 2005 on a 2002 arbitration award. Although this case has followed a circuitous path through the halls of the Multnomah County Courthouse, from the initial filing of the complaint to the entry of the arbitration award as a judgment, 1 we conclude that the trial court did not err in entering the judgment and affirm.

This case began with the filing of a claim by plaintiff in March 1999 for unpaid attorney fees. In July 1999, the court transferred the case to mandatory court-annexed arbitration under ORS 36.425, but the…