Legal Opinion
Michael v. Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 30, 2001No. B131509PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KITCHING, J.
I. Introduction
An insurer appeals from an order vacating a fire insurance appraisal award because of alleged “corruption” in a party-selected appraiser pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1286.2, subdivision (b). Insurance Code section 2071 requires appraisers to be “disinterested.” Since an appraisal agreement is subject to the California Arbitration Act (§ 1280 et seq.), we conclude that to be “disinterested,” a party-selected appraiser must make the disclosure that section 1281.9, subdivision (e) requires all arbitrators to make.
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