Legal Opinion
Jones v. Humanscale Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 17, 2005No. G034387PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RYLAARSDAM, Acting P. J.
Defendant Humanscale Corporation appeals from an order denying its petition to confirm an arbitration award and granting plaintiff Kevin Jones’s counter petition to vacate the award. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1294, subds. (b) & (c).) The trial court concluded the award violated California’s public policy against covenants not to compete and also erroneously obligated plaintiff to pay part of the expenses of arbitration. The first ground contradicts the doctrine of arbitral finality and the latter merely supports a correction of the award. We also reject plaintiff’s…
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