Pearson Dental Supplies, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Opinion

MORENO, J.

We have emphasized in our case law the limited nature of judicial review of contractual arbitration awards, concluding that, generally speaking, a court is not permitted to vacate an arbitration award when the award is based on errors of law. (.Moncharsh v. Heily & Blase (1992) 3 Cal.4th 1, 25, 28 [10 Cal.Rptr.2d 183, 832 P.2d 899] (Moncharsh).) We also have indicated that the scope of judicial review may be somewhat greater in the case of a mandatory employment arbitration agreement that encompasses an employee’s unwaivable statutory rights. (Armendariz v. Foundation Health…