Court Opinion

ID: 9854278
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:04:19.039978+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:00.008008
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*166Judge Becton
concurring in the result.
The powers of arbitrators are not unlimited. They, too, must follow the law. Their mistakes about the law are not ordinarily reviewable; however, their mistakes about their authority are reviewable. N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. l-567.13(a)(3). For example, when arbitrators fail to enforce express provisions regarding time limits, they have exceeded their authority.
Given the fact that the agreement to arbitrate in this case did not limit the period in which arbitration could be demanded, I concur in the result. As a separate basis for concurring in the result, I deem it significant that the record does not show that the respondents ever raised the defense of laches or implied waiver in any proceeding below.