Barge v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

Miller, Judge.

The question in Case No. A00A0363 is whether the adding of a $20 million indemnity claim to a pending $400,000 arbitration proceeding arising out of the same indemnity agreement, which was added with the consent of the arbitration panel, required that a separate arbitration panel be appointed to hear the new claim. The rules stipulated by the arbitration agreement authorized the panel to consider all new claims, and for this reason we answer this question in the negative and affirm. The question in Case No. A00A0364 is whether ordering a supersedeas appellate bond where the…