Opinion
KATZ, J.
The principal issue in this certified appeal involves the extent to which an arbitrator is bound, under the doctrine of collateral estoppel, by a prior arbitration award involving the interpretation of the same provision of a contract between the same parties. We conclude that, as a matter of public policy, arbitrators are not required to give collateral estoppel effect to prior arbitral awards.
The following facts, which...
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