Hofmann v. Sup. Ct.
Although an order denying a petition to vacate an arbitration award is not appealable, Court treat this appeal as a petition for writ of mandate. Petitioners sole claim is that an arbitrators failure to personally make written disclosure required by the California Arbitration Act (Code Civ. Proc., 1280 et seq.) and the Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in Contractual Arbitration (the California Standards) violates section 1281.9 and requires vacation of the arbitration award pursuant to section 1286.2. An arbitration service made complete disclosure on behalf of the neutral arbitrator, and there was no claim or evidence that this disclosure misrepresented or omitted material matters which should have been disclosed. We hold that this disclosure satisfied disclosure requirements, affirm the order denying the petition to vacate the arbitration award, and deny the petition for writ of mandate.
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