Wait. This Is Arbitration? I Thought It Was Mediation

……I imagine this may have been similar to what the defendant in Marano v. The Hills Highlands Master Association, Inc. said when it received an unfavorable arbitration award. “Did you say binding arbitration? No. We were participating in non-binding mediation. Not arbitration.” Things worked out for Vincent Gambini in the movie, they did not work out so well for defendant in Marano.  In Marano, plaintiffs owned a unit in a condominium development. The relationship between unit owners, like plaintiffs, and the association was governed by the association’s bylaws, which “arguably include[d] an arbitration provision.” So, after a dispute developed between plaintiffs and the condominium association over a “flooding condition” in their backyard, plaintiffs’ attorney wrote to the association’s attorney to demand arbitration.     Read the article……………

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