Legal Opinion
Grobet File Co. of America v. RTC Systems, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 23, 1988No. 87-918PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
RTC Systems, Inc., protests that an arbitrator’s award assessed damages against it which were expressly precluded by the terms of the governing contract. Consequently, RTC urges, the award was in excess of the arbitrator’s authority and was erroneously confirmed by a Superior Court judge. See G. L. c. 251, §§11 and 12. We conclude that the contract language is susceptible to the interpretation placed upon it by the arbitrator and affirm the judgment of the court.
This, in outline, is the commercial setting of the dispute. Sometime in 1984, Grobet File Company of America, Inc., a manufacturer…
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