Opinion
2012-UP-360
06-13-2012
Edward Giove and Lauri Giove, Respondents, v. Design to Build, Inc., Jonathan Short, Tracy Short, and David Gosnell, Of Whom David Gosnell is the Defendants, Appellee.
David J. Parrish, of Charleston, for Appellant. Alan R. Belcher, Jr., of Charleston, for Respondents.
Unpublished Opinion
Submitted June 1, 2012.
Appeal From Charleston County Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge.
David J. Parrish, of Charleston, for Appellant.
Alan R. Belcher, Jr., of Charleston, for Respondents.
PER CURIAM.
David Gosnell appeals the circuit court's decision confirming an arbitration award, arguing the circuit court erred in refusing to modify or vacate the award. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: C-Sculptures, LLC v. Brown, 394 S.C. 519, 523, 716 S.E.2d 678, 680 (Ct. App. 2011) ("Generally, an arbitration award is conclusive and courts will refuse to review the merits of an award. An award will be vacated only under narrow, limited circumstances." (internal quotation marks omitted)); Harris v. Bennett, 332 S.C. 238, 243, 503 S.E.2d 782, 785 (Ct. App. 1998) ("[T]he decision of an [arbitrator] will be vacated only under certain grounds as provided by statute or upon the non-statutory ground of 'manifest disregard of the law.'"); C-Sculptures, 394 S.C. at 523, 716 S.E.2d at 680 ("An arbitrator manifestly disregards the law when he or she appreciates the existence of a clearly governing legal principle and decides to ignore it."); Trident Technical Coll. v. Lucas & Stubbs, Ltd., 286 S.C. 98, 108, 333 S.E.2d 781, 787 (1985) ("[V]acat[ing] an arbitration award where there is a manifest disregard or perverse misconstruction of the law . . . requir[es] circumstances far more egregious than mere errors in interpreting or applying the law."); Harris, 332 S.C. at 243, 503 S.E.2d at 785 ("[A]rbitrators exceed their powers only if the issue resolved by them is not within the scope of the agreement to arbitrate.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
AFFIRMED.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.