Court Opinion

ID: 9750017
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 14:13:29.706618+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:26:01.597173
License: Public Domain

*551NIX, Chief Justice,
concurring.
The basic principle involved in this matter is that ambiguous terms of an agreement should be strictly construed against the author of the agreement. Applying that principle here, I agree with the majority’s conclusion that the insurance policy authored by appellee did not foreclose the use of common law rules to enforce arbitration clauses because of the ambiguity of the language relied upon to assert otherwise. Under the common law, arbitrators are the final judges of law and fact unless expressly restricted by the submission. Without such an express restriction in this policy, I would concur in the majority’s reversal of the Superior Court’s order and reinstate the judgment of the arbitrators.