Central Ceilings, Inc. v. Suffolk Construction Co., Inc.

*207 The parties submitted a construction dispute, pending in litigation in the Superior Court, to arbitration under the Uniform Arbitration Act, G. L. c. 251, §§ 1 et seq. The arbitrator issued a substantial award in favor of the plaintiff, Central Ceilings, Inc., but purported to reserve the calculation of preaward *208 interest to a Superior Court judge. The parties did not agree to this reservation. On the plaintiff's motion *940 to confirm the arbitration award, the judge (remanding judge) remanded the matter to the arbitrator for the calculation of preaward interest. After the arbitrator awarded…