Kaiser Found. Hospitals, Inc. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES CTY.

Opinion

GATES, J.

Petitioners, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser), seek a writ of mandate directing the superior court to set aside its order of January 20, 1993, granting real parties’ motion to vacate an arbitration award.

Real parties’ wrongful death action against Kaiser was submitted to binding arbitration pursuant to the provisions of Kaiser’s medical and hospital service agreement with the decedent. That agreement required that each party select one arbitrator, and that these two would then…