This opinion will be unpublished and may not be cited except as provided by Minn. Stat. Jimmy Lee Golden et al., Appellants, vs. Leland Watson, Respondent. Randall, Judge Hennepin County District Court File No. Appellants moved the district court to vacate the arbitration award and judgment for excusable neglect under Minn. R. Civ. The court denied the motion.
Appellants now challenge the judgment and denial of their motion to vacate.
Appellants retained respondent Leland Watson to represent them in a negligence action against the ship. Watson failed to comply with the applicable statute of limitations. Appellants terminated Watson, retained David Moskal, and sued Watson in negligence. The district court ordered the parties to proceed to non-binding arbitration pursuant to Minn. R. Gen. Pract. The arbitration hearing convened on March 15, 1996.