Snoqualmie Police Ass'n v. City of Snoqualmie

¶1 On review of an arbitration award that is ambiguous on its face, a court should remand the award for clarification by the arbitrator.1 The arbitration award before us in this appeal is ambiguous on its face because it may be read in more than one reasonable way.2 Accordingly, the trial court should not have granted summary judgment to either party but should have remanded the matter to the arbitrator for clarification of the award. We reverse and remand with instructions.

¶2 The Snoqualmie Police Association (Association), the appellant in this case, represents Derek Kasel, a sergeant with…