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Matter of Windsor Metal v. Vescom Systems

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 20, 2001
280 A.D.2d 607 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Argued December 14, 2000

February 20, 2001.

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to vacate an arbitration award dated July 2, 1999, the petitioner appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Sherwood, J.), dated October 29, 1999, as denied the petition and granted the cross application to confirm the award.

Sol Kodsi, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Kantrowitz, Goldhamer Graifman, P. C., Chestnut Ridge, N Y (Barry S. Kantrowitz of counsel), for respondent.

Before: BRACKEN, ACTING P.J., ALTMAN, GOLDSTEIN and McGINITY, JJ., concur.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The appellant, a fabricator of structural steel, submitted a breach of contract claim to arbitration pursuant to an arbitration clause in its original contract with the respondent. During the arbitration proceedings, the appellant offered evidence of what it claimed was a second contractual relationship formed by the respondent's acquiescence and conduct of accepting the deliveries of steel.

The arbitrators considered the disputed material and excluded much of it because they determined that it evidenced an unsuccessful post-termination settlement negotiation and not a second contractual relationship. An arbitration award is not subject to judicial review for errors of law or of fact (see, SCM Corp. v. Fisher Park Lane Co., 40 N.Y.2d 788).

The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.


Summaries of

Matter of Windsor Metal v. Vescom Systems

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 20, 2001
280 A.D.2d 607 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

Matter of Windsor Metal v. Vescom Systems

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF WINDSOR METAL FABRICATIONS, LTD., APPELLANT, v. VESCOM…

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

Date published: Feb 20, 2001

Citations

280 A.D.2d 607 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
720 N.Y.S.2d 804

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