Beattie v. Autostyle Plastics, Inc

This employment wage discrimination suit initially was brought in the circuit court and eventually was submitted to binding arbitration by agreement of the parties. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the circuit court erred in allowing the arbitration panel to reconsider the merits of its original decision. We reverse and hold that the lower court erred in permitting the reconsideration of a final arbitration award.

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After nearly two years of discovery, the parties stipulated the submission of plaintiffs claims to a panel of arbitrators. Among other exacting procedural requirements,…