Makhlouf v. Young CA2/3
Da’ad Makhlouf (Makhlouf) appeals a judgment confirming an arbitration award obtained by Ghada Young (Young), following the denial of Makhlouf’s motion to vacate the award.
The essential issues presented are whether the award should have been vacated on the grounds that (1) the arbitrator, Judge Kennedy (Ret.), failed to disclose he had previously acted as a mediator in this matter; (2) Makhlouf did not personally sign a stipulation form for Judge Kennedy to act both as mediator and as arbitrator, in a process known as Med-Arb; and (3) the arbitrator should have disqualified himself.
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