D. W. Caldwell, Inc. v. W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company

BEAM, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. This Court adheres to the widely recognized standards providing for a trial court's amendment of an arbitration award under limited conditions. Importantly, those standards provide that a court may modify an arbitrator's award to correct an evident miscalculation of figures before entering its judgment. See Miss. Code Ann. § 11-15-135 (Rev. 2004). However, this Court has yet to determine what qualifies as an evident miscalculation and to what extent a judge may inquire to determine whether such a miscalculation exists.

¶ 2. Through the analysis below, we find…