Hill v. Joseph Behr and Sons, Inc.

Plaintiffs, Curtis and Sandra Hill, appeal the trial court’s order barring them from rejecting an arbitration decision in favor of defendant, Joseph Behr & Sons, Inc. The sole issue for review is whether the trial court had the authority to bar plaintiffs from rejecting the award despite the arbitrators’ failure to find that plaintiffs did not participate in good faith. We affirm.

The matter proceeded to arbitration, at which plaintiffs failed to appear. The factual allegations of plaintiffs’ complaint for negligence and loss of consortium did not clearly establish defendant’s liability. The…