Case Name: In the Matter of Panorama Windows, Ltd., Respondent, v. 350 East 55th Street, LLC, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-11-25
Citations: 122 A.D.3d 533
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Panorama Windows, Ltd., Respondent, v 350 East 55th Street, LLC, Appellant.
Judges: Concur — Gonzalez, EJ., Mazzarelli, Manzanet-Daniels, Gische and Clark, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 122
Pages: 533–533

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Panorama Windows, Ltd., Respondent, v 350 East 55th Street, LLC, Appellant.
[995 NYS2d 680]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J), entered February 7, 2014, confirming the arbitration award, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The arbitrator's innocuous conversation with petitioner was not shown to have prejudiced respondent (see Matter of Hausknecht v Comprehensive Med. Care of N.Y., P.C., 24 AD3d 778, 780 [2d Dept 2005]). The award of damages for additional work pursuant to respondent's oral directives was not in manifest disregard of the law or in excess of the arbitrator's powers (see Wien & Malkin LLP v Helmsley-Spear, Inc., 6 NY3d 471, 480-481 [2006], cert dismissed 548 US 940 [2006]; Matter of New York City Tr. Auth. v Transport Workers' Union of Am., Local 100, AFL-CIO, 6 NY3d 332 [2005]).
Concur — Gonzalez, EJ., Mazzarelli, Manzanet-Daniels, Gische and Clark, JJ.