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CaseNo: C.A. No. 17,112, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: KUHN, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00017112, Arbitrator, Award, Del, Vacate, Modify, Evident, Review, Findings, Merits, Parties, Statute, Chancery, Pre-award, Pre-judgment, Compound, Authority, Agreement, Existence, Miscalculation, Mistake, Matter, Alter, Rnatter, Affecting, Controversy, Correct Mathematical Errors, Changed Counsel , ContentID: 120239731

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1 . ORDER

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PLAINTIFFS
VACATE
MODIFY
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FINDINGS
MERITS
PARTIES
STATUTE
CHANCERY
PRE-AWARD
PRE-JUDGMENT
COMPOUND
AUTHORITY
AGREEMENT
EXISTENCE
MISCALCULATION
MISTAKE
MATTER
ALTER
LAW
RNATTER
AFFECTING
CONTROVERSY
CORRECT MATHEMATICAL ERRORS
CHANGED COUNSEL
      IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

                     IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY

JOHN KUHN and BARBARA                   >
KUHN,                                   >
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                Plaintiffs,              >                                     i.
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V.                                       ) C.A. No. 17112
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RICH.ARD  HESS and DAWN                                           --.
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HESS,                                    >>
                Defendants.              >

                                   O R D E R

          The following findings and conclusions constitute the Order of the

Court:

          1.    On September 17, 1998, an arbitrator awarded $104,000 to

plaintiffs. The amount awarded represented a base award of $80,000 on

which $24,000 in simple interest accrued over three years.

          2.    Plaintiffs ask this Court to add pre-award interest, post-award

interest, and pre-judgment interest to the amount awarded by the arbitrator.

They also seek to have the total interest compounded instead of computed as

simple interest.

          3.    Since plaintiffs wish to have the arbitrator's award changed,

pl,aintiffs presumably ask this Court to either vacate or modify the award.



      4.     "There are only five grounds for which a court may vacate an

arbitration award: (1) the award was procured by fraud or undue means; (2)

partiality or corruption on the part of the Arbitrator was evident; (3) the

Arbitrator exceeded his authority; (4) the Arbitrator refused to appropriately
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  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • The following findings and conclusions constitute the Order of the
  • Plaintiffs ask this Court to add pre-award interest,
  • and pre-judgment interest to the amount awarded by the arbitrator.
  • Since plaintiffs wish to have the arbitrator's award changed,
  • pl,aintiffs presumably ask this Court to either vacate or modify the award.
  • Arbitrator exceeded his authority; the Arbitrator refused to appropriately
  • or where no valid arbitration agreement existed or where the
  • Del.
  • evident miscalculation of figures or other evident mistake in the description
  • rnatter of form, not affecting the merits of the controversy.
  • Court to modify the award simply to correct mathematical errors,
  • substantially alter the arbitrator's application of the law to the case.
  • plaintiffs have changed counsel since the arbitrator made his
  • parties electing to arbitrate generally
  • waive their right to judicial review of the case's substantive merits.
  • be restricted to the narrow categories authorized by statute."
  • Although he could have included provisions for additional pre-award, postaward, and
  • 751 A.2d 904 (awarding compound
  • That choice was not the product of a miscalculation,
  • arbitrator's informed decision on a matter properly submitted to him.
  • plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate the existence of any fact justifying
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