In the Matter of the Arbitration between Rosalyn Silverman, as of Ben Silverman, and Benmor Coats, Inc., (And…

Summary

The Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division’s orders confirming the arbitration awards in both Matter of Silverman and Norris v. Cooper, holding that the arbitrators did not exceed their authority because the arbitration clauses did not contain express limitations on the arbitrators’ powers and the parties had waived any later objections. The dissent argued that the awards should be vacated for exceeding the parties’ granted authority.