California Mediation and Arbitration

Category: Arbitration: Scope

Arbitration/Costs/Deadlines/Scope/Section 998: Second District, Div. 2, Affirms Trial Court’s Denial of Costs

March 4, 2012 · Arbitration: Costs, Arbitration: Deadlines, Arbitration: Scope, Arbitration: Section 998 (Settlements)

  Look to the Scope of the Arbitration Provision to Determine Whether Costs Need to Be Addressed by the Arbitrator or the Court      The plaintiff, a patient alleging malpractice, suing through his guardian ad litem, lost a first arbitration against a doctor. Unfortunately for the doctor, his party arbitrator had an ex parte contact […]