Seller v. Salem Womens Clinic, Inc.

Defendants Salem Womens Clinic and Elizabeth Harmon, M.D., appeal a judgment entered pursuant to an arbitration award. Defendants argue that the trial court erred in denying their exceptions to the arbitrator’s award. ORS 36.355(1). We affirm.

Salem Womens Clinic, Inc., (the Clinic) was started and owned by Vicki Sellers, M.D., and Elizabeth Harmon, M.D., with each owning 50 percent of the corporation. In 1994, due to personal and professional conflicts, it became apparent to both physicians that they could not continue to work together. Soon thereafter, Sellers filed an action seeking…