Legal Opinion
Pier House Inn, Inc. v. 421 Corp., Inc.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 18, 2002No. 2001-33-APPEALPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEDERBERG, Justice.
Can the Superior Court remand an arbitration award to the arbitrator for clarification? We answer in the affirmative. A Superior Court justice properly vacated an arbitrator’s punitive damages award and remanded the award to the arbitrator. We affirm the Superior Court’s confirmation of the clarified arbitration award.
Preliminary Facts
The dispute between the parties began in May 1993, when Pier House Inn, Inc. (Pier House or plaintiff) leased facilities in Narragansett, Rhode Island, to 421 Corporation, Inc. (421 Corp. or defendant) “to be used exclusively as a…
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