Opinion
(9580)
Argued April 29, 1991
Decision released June 4, 1991
Application to vacate an arbitration award, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford, where the defendant filed a cross application to confirm the award; thereafter, the matter was tried to the court, O'Neill, J.; judgment vacating the award, from which the defendant appealed to this court. Reversed; judgment directed.
James C. Ferguson, for the appellant (defendant).
Helen Apostolidis, assistant corporation counsel, for the appellee (plaintiff).
This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court granting the plaintiff Hartford board of education's application to vacate the arbitrator's award and denying the defendant Hartford Federation of Teachers' application to affirm said award.
The sole question presented is whether the trial court improperly held that the arbitrator went beyond the contract, and added to it, by construing the contract to include longevity pay within the ambit of "annual salary" for the purposes of computing severence pay.
Our review of the record indicates that the trial court substituted its interpretation of the contract for that of the arbitrator. This it cannot do. See, e.g., Hartford v. IAFF, Local 760, AFL-CIO, CLC, 24 Conn. App. 254, 258, 587 A.2d 435 (1991).