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DOROTHY COURCHAINE v. SHELBY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment vacating an arbitration award of uninsured motorist benefits. The trial court permitted the plaintiff to call the arbitrator as a witness and to elicit from him how he arrived at his award of damages. The court vacated the award on the ground that the arbitrator had misapplied the law.

This appeal, originally filed in the Supreme Court, was transferred to this court. Public Acts, Spec. Sess., June, 1983, No. 83-29, 2(c).

Both parties agree that the submission to arbitration was unrestricted. Where the submission is unrestricted, the award is final and binding and cannot be reviewed for errors of law or fact. Carroll v. Aetna Casualty Surety Co., 189 Conn. 16, 23, 453 A.2d 1158 (1983); Milford Employees Assn. v. Milford, 179 Conn. 678, 683, 427 A.2d 859 (1980); American Motorists Ins. Co. v. Brookman, 1 Conn. App. 219, 223, 470 A.2d 253 (1984). Because the award conforms to the submission and because the actions of the arbitrator are not subject to review under the circumstances in this case, we need not consider the other issues raised by the defendant.

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COURCHAINE v. SHELBY MUTUAL INS. CO
(Aug 21, 1984)