Opinion ID: 1058255
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: standard of review

Text: We begin our review with the well-established principle that courts should play only a limited role in reviewing the decisions of arbitrators. Arnold v. Morgan Keegan & Co., 914 S.W.2d 445, 448 (Tenn.1996). The statutory provisions of the Uniform Arbitration Act limit severely the trial court's authority to retry the issues decided by arbitration. Id. at 448 (emphasis added); see also Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-5-301 et seq. (2000). Likewise, when reviewing a trial court's decision in an arbitration case, an appellate court should review findings of fact under a `clearly erroneous' standard and should review questions of law with the utmost caution, and in a manner designed to minimize interference with an efficient and economical system of alternative dispute resolution. Arnold, 914 S.W.2d at 449-50.