You may have heard of the recent development in the law of Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures. This means that there are other methods besides going to court to file a lawsuit against somebody to have your problems solved. Mediation is by far the most used method of the Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures. Arbitration follows next. The other methods are not used a great deal.
Important cases can go several days.
Nonetheless, mediation, is a cheaper solution, by and large, than a jury trial. It is often time more satisfying to the parties because they participate more in the process than they do in the usual course of trials. Arbitration is a process where one or three arbitrators make a decision about the case. This decision may be binding or it may not be binding. Generally in Indiana, arbitrations are binding.