Legal Opinion

Pier House Inn, Inc. v. 421 Corp., Inc.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided December 18, 2002No. 2001-33-APPEALPublished

1Opinion of the Court

812 A.2d 799 (2002)

PIER HOUSE INN, INC.

v.

421 CORPORATION, INC.

No. 2001-33-APPEAL.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 18, 2002.

Present LEDERBERG, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.

David L. Krech, Lauren Jones, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Marc DeSisto, Providence, for Defendant.

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

Can the Superior Court remand an arbitration award to the arbitrator for clarification? We answer in the affirmative. A Superior Court justice properly vacated an arbitrator's punitive damages award and remanded the award to the arbitrator. We affirm the Superior Court's confirmation of the clarified…

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Raytheon Company v. Automated Business Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  3. Lemoine v. Department of Mental Health, Retardation & HospitalsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1974
  4. Palmisano v. TothSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1993
  5. Locals 2222, 2320-2327, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Afl-Cio v. New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980

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