Court Opinion

ID: 3699632
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 06:38:48.185121+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:06.262841
License: Public Domain

{¶ 32} Because I believe that the trial court improperly vacated the arbitrator's award, I respectfully dissent.
 {¶ 33} The Ohio Supreme Court has noted that "[t]he whole purpose of arbitration would be undermined if courts had broad authority to vacate an arbitrator's award."10 Moreover, once a violation of a collective-bargaining agreement is found, "an arbitrator is presumed to possess implicit remedial power, unless the agreement contains restrictive language withdrawing a particular remedy from the jursdiction of the arbitrator."11
 {¶ 34} I do not believe that we should substitute our judgment for that of the arbitrator. The arbitrator appropriately based his modification of Spellen's discipline upon the city's own disciplinary Matrix. Therefore, I do not believe that the arbitrator exceeded his authority under the collective-bargaining agreement, and I would reverse the decision of the trial court.
10 Mahoning Cty. Bd. of Mental Retardation  Dev. Disabilities v.Mahoning Cty. TMR Edn. Assn. (1986), 22 Ohio St.3d 80, 83-84, 488 N.E.2d 872.
11 Queen City Lodge No. 69, supra, at syllabus.