Court Opinion

ID: 9596208
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:47:12.315025+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:33.414776
License: Public Domain

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE PRINGLE
specially concurring:
I specially concur. In my view the salient issue in this case is whether the action of the insurance company in failing to appoint another arbitrator for a period of 10 months after their original appointee refused to act was justified by the circumstances. If the insurance company acted in bad faith in failing to appoint a new arbitrator, then under the law it should be deemed as a refusal to arbitrate.
On the issue of whether the insurance company’s action was in good faith or in bad faith, the trial court made no finding of fact. I would remand this case to the trial court for a determination of this issue.
I am authorized to say that Mr. Justice Erickson concurs in this opinion.