Most of the leading law school textbooks explain arbitration by describing a case where a party suffers a loss and there is a dispute between the insurance company and the insured. The insured typically places a high value on the subject of the loss, while the insurance company places a lower value. A third party is called in to offer an opinion about the value of the loss and the parties agree to be bound by that third party’s opinion. Sometimes the parties each choose an appraiser and the two appraisers choose a third. While the contract binding the parties may refer to the process as appraisal, courts look past the name and treat the process as if it were arbitration.    Read more….

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