Opinion ID: 2654071
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 13

Heading: standard of review

Text: This action is governed by the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act.1 The Alaska Supreme Court has counseled that judicial review of arbitration awards is “closely circumscribed.”2 The superior court has limited authority to review awards and may only vacate, modify, or correct an arbitration award pursuant to “narrow statutory parameters.”3 The court may not review the arbitrator’s decision on its merits.4 The arbitrator’s findings of fact and law must be given great deference and the court is 1 See Alaska Bar Rule 40(t); Haeg v. Cole, 200 P.3d 317, 318 (Alaska 2009). 2 Sidney v. Allstate Ins. Co., 187 P.3d 443, 447 (Alaska 2008). 3 Id. 4 A. Fred Miller v. Purvis, 921 P.2d 610, 618 (Alaska 1996).