Board of Education v. W. Harley Miller, Inc.

Neely, Justice:

The Court granted this appeal for the purpose of settling the law of arbitration in this State. The exact issues before us were raised and discussed in the majority opinion by Justice Haden and the concurring opinion by this writer when the case first appeared before us two years ago. See, Board of Ed., etc. v. W. Harley Miller, Inc., _ W. Va. _, 221 S.E.2d 882 (1975). The basic issue before us now is to what extent and in what manner a court should enforce an arbitration award, which is rendered without fraud pursuant to a standard arbitration provision in a commercial…