Anderson v. Pineda

PRESIDING JUSTICE REID

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants David Pineda and Baslisa Pineda appeal from a trial court order barring them from rejecting an arbitration award and entering judgment in favor of plaintiff Neal J. Anderson in the amount of $30,000. On appeal, defendants contend that the trial court erred in barring them from rejecting the arbitration award because debarment is an improper sanction for a prearbitration discovery violation and the sanction is unduly harsh. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On August 20, 2002, plaintiff filed a complaint to recover for…