Preview:

STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS

JOSEPH CHEVROLET, INC. and JOSEPH HOOD, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v LORI HUNT, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED June 8, 2010

No. 290882 Tuscola Circuit Court LC No. 07-024445-CZ

Before: HOEKSTRA, P.J., and MARKEY and DAVIS, JJ. PER CURIAM. Defendant by leave granted the trial court's opinion and order reversing and vacating an arbitrator's award of costs and attorney fees in favor of defendant. We reverse the order and opinion of the trial court and reinstate the decision of the arbitrator. This case stems from an arbitration decision dated August 3, 2007, awarding defendant $270,000 in attorney fees and $26,730.14 in costs.1 On August 24, 2007, plaintiffs moved to vacate the arbitrator's award of attorney fees and costs. Defendant opposed that motion and moved to confirm the arbitration award and for entry of judgment. Plaintiffs opposed that motion. Both motions were argued at a hearing, and the trial court took the matter under advisement. The trial court then issued its written opinion and order vacating the arbitrator's award of attorney fees and costs to defendant and reversing the denial of attorney fees to plaintiffs. Defendant moved for reconsideration, and the trial court denied that motion and then reissued its opinion and order.

1

Defendant filed a four-count demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, alleging claims of retaliation and sex harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC

Download JOSEPH CHEVROLET INC V LORI HUNT.pdf

Michigan Law