Alternative Dispute Resolution
Sep. 9, 1999
Just Between Us
^^Alternative Dispute Resolution^^ Just Between Us Arbitration Award Will Not Have Collateral Estoppel Effect The court held that nonmutual application of collateral estoppel is not warranted unless the parties expressly provide for it in their agreement.
By Richard Chernick
Unless vacated or corrected by a court, an arbitration award was generally entitled to both res judicata and collateral-estoppel effect. Gordon v. G.R.O.U.P. Inc., 49 Cal.App.4th 998 (1996). However, a recent California Supreme Court decision limits that principle to the parties to the particula...
Unless vacated or corrected by a court, an arbitration award was generally entitled to both res judicata and collateral-estoppel effect. Gordon v. G.R.O.U.P. Inc., 49 Cal.App.4th 998 (1996). However, a recent California Supreme Court decision limits that principle to the parties to the particula...
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