Stanley v. Cole

¶1 Jamie Stanley appeals the denial of her motion to vacate an arbitration award. She contends the award should have been vacated because her attorney was taking care of her ill parents for several months, which prevented her from filing a prehearing statement, appearing at the arbitration hearing, or timely requesting a trial de novo. Because the trial court acted well within its discretion in concluding these circumstances did not justify relief under CR 60(b)(9) as an “Unavoidable casualty or misfortune” that prevented Stanley from prosecuting her case, we affirm.

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¶2 In mid-December…