SETO v. AMERICAN ELEVATOR, INC.

No. 54705-4-I.

118 P.3d 373 (2005)

Matthew SETO, a single person, Appellant, v. AMERICAN ELEVATOR, INC., a Washington corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

August 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tucker F. Blair, Blair & Meeker LLP, Scott A. Sayre, Brown Sayre PLLP, Seattle, for Appellant.

Erik B. Anderson, Jerrett E. Sale, Deborah L. Carstens, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, Seattle, for Respondent.


SCHINDLER, J.

¶ 1 The trial court denied Matthew Seto's request for a trial de novo as untimely under the Mandatory Rules of Arbitration (MAR). The question presented is whether service must be complete before the 20-day time period to request a trial de novo begins. The plain language of MAR 7.1 says that the 20-day period to file a request for trial de novo begins on the day the award is filed with the clerk. We conclude the arbitrator's MAR 6.2 obligation...

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