Legal Opinion
Uhl v. Komatsu Forklift Co., Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 9, 2008No. 07-1044PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
In this case, the appellants challenge the validity of an arbitration award where one of the party-selected arbitrators had previously and occasionally served as co-counsel with the attorney representing the intervening plaintiff in the instant case. Because we conclude that this relationship did not violate the arbitration agreement or rise to the level of evident partiality, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
On December 17, 2001, Lynn Uhl was using a forklift manufactured by the Ko-matsu Forklift Company 1 (“Komatsu”) when the…
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