Azrielant v. Azrielant
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ellerin, J.
At issue before us is the correctness of a court’s vacatur of an arbitration award on the ground that, by imposing punitive damages for breach of certain of its terms, the award violates the public policy of this State, which reserves to itself the sanction of punitive damages. We hold that, to reach its conclusion that the award imposes punitive damages, the court engaged in an analysis of the award that exceeded the limits of judicial authority in the arbitration arena, and therefore reverse.
Petitioner Aya Azrielant (Aya) and respondent Ofer Azrielant (Ofer),…
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