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Arbitration | Church Law & Tax
Volume 3 . Chapter 8, Part 5 . § 8-27
Key Point 8-27 Churches have various defenses available to them if they are sued as a result of a personal injury. One such defense is an arbitration policy. By adopting an arbitration policy, a church can compel members to arbitrate specified disputes with their church rather than pursue their claim in the civil courts.
The arbitration of disputes has many potential advantages over litigation in the civil courts. Consider the following:
Lower attorneys' fees
Arbitration awards are often less than civil court judgments
Little if any risk of punitive damages, or astronomical verdicts out of proportion to the alleged wrong
Disputes are resolved privately, with little or no media attention
The spectacle of plaintiffs' attorneys appealing to the emotions of juries through courtroom theatrics is eliminated
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