Legal Opinion
Garrity v. McCaskey
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 21, 1992No. 14493PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether a court should vacate an award resulting from consensual arbitration because of the arbitrators’ alleged manifest disregard of the applicable law. The arbitration arose out of a written agreement of the parties subsequent to an action commenced by the plaintiff, Doris B. Garrity, in which she claimed that the defendant, Douglas G. McCaskey, had violated state and federal securities laws in his management of her stock portfolio. Following the arbitrators’ decision and award of damages in favor of the plaintiff, the plaintiff filed an application…
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