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Anthony J. Mercorella

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Honorable Anthony J. Mercorella (Ret.)
New York Supreme Court
Fordham, LLB 1952; Long Island, AB 1949
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Perspectives on ADR

—Madelyne Blackwelder, Toledo, Ohio

Madelyne Blackwelder had a dispute with a business over its services. She speaks very highly of the arbitration process, especially its impartiality: “An impartial judge can see the facts, make a decision, having not a thing to gain...

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TODAY IN ADR / November 21, 2009

 

The South Carolina Supreme Court has held that section 5 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not allow for the appointment of an alternate arbitrator when the designated administrator refuses to hear the parties’ dispute, finding that the selection of an arbitrator implies the waiver of certain procedural rights and that the selection of an arbitral forum is therefore a “material term.”

In Grant v. Magnolia Manor-Greenwood, Inc., No. 26668, 2009 WL 1678204 (S.C. June 15, 2009), Grant admitted his wife to the Magnolia nursing home facility. Upon admission, Grant executed the admission contract on his wife’s behalf. The contract contained a broadly-worded arbitration agreement specifying the National Health Lawyers Association, later the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), as the arbitration administrator...

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