In this proceeding to confirm an arbitrator's award, the question is presented as to whether the arbitrator had the power to award petitioner $350 in order to reimburse him for the fee of his expert witness who testified at the arbitration hearing held under the "no-fault law" with respect to a claim which arose in 1976. (Insurance Law, § 675.) Respondent opposed the confirmation of the award "as irrational and an abuse of power...
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