Horn v. Maryland Casualty Co.

The defendant, Maryland Casualty Company, appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court granting the application of the plaintiff, Michelle Horn, to vacate a voluntary uninsured motorist arbitration award.2 The defendant claims that the trial court improperly concluded that the arbitrators had manifestly disregarded the applicable law. We agree and therefore reverse the judgment of the trial court.

In June, 1987, the plaintiff was in her automobile, which was stopped at a traffic light on Route 1, in Bran-ford, when her automobile was struck from behind by the automobile of Benjamin D’Acunto,…