Wagner v. Kendall

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

We are presented with the novel question of whether an arbitration award arising out of a dispute between the State and one of its employees is judicially reviewed under the procedures of the Administrative Adjudication Act (AAA) or under the procedures found in the Uniform Arbitration Act (UAA).

The facts, briefly stated, are that three employees of the New Castle State Hospital filed grievances concerning the failure by the Hospital to control an allegedly dangerous mental patient with the result of danger to the employees. The grievance procedure for these State…