McKinney v. American Casualty Co. of Reading

The plaintiff brought a suit m chancery to vacate an award of an arbitrator under an allegation that the arbitrator failed to follow the substantive law of Florida in reaching his decision. The trial judge entered a final decree which found for the defendant, insurance company, and held the arbitration award proper.

The thrust of the plaintiff’s appeal is that if the arbitrator had recognized the proper rule of law he should have found for the plaintiff. The function of the arbitrator in this case was to determine if the plaintiff was “legally entitled to recover” damages under an uninsured…