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Issue presented: Did a RI Car Crash arbitrator go ‘off the reservation’ by not following established RI Law in determining a motor vehicle accident claim? Did the negligence arbitrator’s blatant disregard for RI law require a Rhode Island Court of Law to upend the injury arbitration award?
A Rhode Island Superior Court Justice issued an important tort law decision related to the enforceability of Ocean State arbitration auto accident arbitrator decisions. The Justice upended a car accident arbitrator’s award because of failure of the arbitrator to follow the law.
Key Facts of the motor vehicle mishap: This cause of action involved a three car accident in Lincoln*, Rhode Island. Lincoln is a small town near Cumberland, Smithfield and North Smithfield. All are located in Providence County, Rhode Island. The automobiles involved in this collision were driven by the plaintiff, the defendant and by an unknown third party motorist.
Procedural History of RI Multi Vehicle Wreck: The two identified motorists (Plaintiff and Defendant), by and through their respective Rhode Island Personal Injury lawyers, agreed to arbitrate the car crash injury claim using a neutral mutually agreed upon arbitrator.
They also agreed that this Rhode Island auto accident arbitration would be a binding arbitration. These types of personal injury arbitrations are usually arbitrated by an experienced RI Personal injury Attorney acting in his or her capacity as a neutral arbitrator.
Decision of Providence Superior Court Judge: “After examination of the record and governing law, this Court finds that the Arbitrator manifestly disregarded the joint tortfeasor doctrine and exceeded his authority. Under the power vested to it by § 10-3-12, this Court hereby vacates the Arbitrator’s decision, in part.” http://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/SuperiorCourt/DecisionsOrders/decisions/12-1968.
Can a RI Court discard an arbitrators decision: “A court may also find that the arbitrator exceeded his or her authority and vacate an award when “the arbitrator has manifestly disregarded the law.” Berkshire Wilton Partners, 91 A.3d at 835 (citing Prudential Prop. and Cas. Ins. Co., 687 A.2d at 442.
In the case at bar, the arbitrator awarded the Plaintiff $10,650 from the Defendant plus a couple of hundred for property damage. This sum was 10 percent of the total damages determined by the arbitrator. This meager injury award was after the arbitrator determing the total damages, pain and suffering, medical bills etc. amounted to over $106,000. It is unclear whether there were any lost wages, scarring, partial disability or permanent disability. The arbitrator made comparative liability findings that the at fault defendant was 10 percent liable for the automobile wreck and that the unidentified defendant was 65 percent liable. The arbitrator also believed that the Plaintiff was 25 percent at fault.
If the arbitrator had followed RI Joint Tortfeasor joint and several liability law he would have awarded the Plaintiff 75 percent of the $106,000 award! “A standard application of the principles of joint and several liability and comparative negligence would make Defendant liable for seventy-five percent of the total damages of $106,500 for bodily injury and $2150 for property damages. See § 10-6-2; § 9-20-4; Roberts-Robertson v. Lombardi, 598 A.2d 1380, 1381 (R.I. 1991) (“It is a well-settled doctrine that a plaintiff may recover 100 percent of his or her [share of] damages from a joint tortfeasor who has contributed to the injury in any degree.”). The Arbitrator’s decision did not, however, employ the joint tortfeasor doctrine when apportioning damage amounts, despite its clear applicability.”