Hope-Jackson v. Washington

Respondent Sheri Washington appeals as of right the circuit court’s order granting the motion of claimant, Doris Hope-Jackson, to confirm an arbitration award (the postremand order) regarding claimant’s defamation claim and denying respondent’s motion to vacate that award. Respondent also challenges an earlier order by the circuit court vacating a portion of one of the arbitrator’s previous orders (the preremand order) that both dismissed claimant’s defamation claim because the limitations period had expired and remanded the case for further proceedings. We affirm in part, but vacate the…