Blitz v. Beth Isaac Adas Israel Congregation

HOLLANDER, Judge.

We must decide whether the Maryland Uniform Arbitration Act permits recovery of attorney’s fees incurred in connection with a suit instituted to confirm and enforce an arbitration award, necessitated by a refusal to comply with binding arbitration. We must also determine whether the circuit court abused its discretion in declining to impose sanctions, pursuant to Maryland Rule 1-341.

Rabbi Marcel Blitz, appellant, and the Beth Isaac Adas Israel Congregation (“Beth Isaac” or “the Synagogue”), appel-lee, negotiated a binding arbitration agreement to resolve a dispute based on…