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In re Stonington Mgmt. Corp. v. Furtsch

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 17, 2002
298 A.D.2d 247 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

1935-1936-1937

October 17, 2002.

Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered February 27, 2002, which, to the extent appealed from, denied the petition to modify or vacate the arbitration award, and confirmed the award, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered October 15, 2001, unanimously dismissed as academic, without costs.

DAVID PARKER, for petitioner-appellant.

MORRIS A. MONDSCHEIN, for respondent-respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Saxe, Rosenberger, Rubin, Friedman, JJ.


Vacatur of an arbitrator's award is statutorily limited to occasions involving fraud, corruption or bias — factors not present here — or occasions when the arbitrator exceeded his or her power, or so imperfectly executed it that a final and definite award was not made (see CPLR 7511[b]; Local 375 v. New York City Health Hosps. Corp., 257 A.D.2d 530, 532). Absent a statutory basis, vacatur is unauthorized (see Matter of Sims v. Siegelson, 246 A.D.2d 374, 377). Here, the arbitrators' finding that the written agreements between petitioner and respondent did not give petitioner ownership of an internet business developed by respondent was supported by the evidence. Petitioner, in seeking vacatur of the award, thus failed to meet its burden to demonstrate that the award was irrational, or in violation of public policy or otherwise in excess of the arbitrators' powers (see Matter of Travelers Ins. Co. v. Job, 239 A.D.2d 289, 293).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

In re Stonington Mgmt. Corp. v. Furtsch

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 17, 2002
298 A.D.2d 247 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

In re Stonington Mgmt. Corp. v. Furtsch

Case Details

Full title:IN RE STONINGTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. LAWRENCE…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Oct 17, 2002

Citations

298 A.D.2d 247 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
748 N.Y.S.2d 258

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