Simmerly v. McKee

— Following mandatory arbitration, the arbitrator in this action for unpaid attorney fees perfected filing of his award as to appellants Edward M. McKee and EME Funding Corporation, but did not initially perfect filing as to Jennifer McKee. The superior court subsequently denied all three parties’ requests for de novo review of the award and entered judgments against them. The central issue on appeal is whether, under the Mandatory Arbitration Rules, the time period for a party to request a trial de novo commences when the arbitrator perfects filing of the award as to that party or when…