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HAWORTH v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

No. S165906.

50 Cal.4th 372 (2010)

112 Cal. Rptr. 3d 853

235 P.3d 152

RANDAL D. HAWORTH et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; SUSAN AMY OSSAKOW, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 2, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schmid & Voiles, Suzanne De Rosa, Susan H. Schmid and Denise H. Greer for Petitioners.

Cole Pedroza, Curtis A. Cole, Joshua C. Traver and Ashfaq G. Chowdhury for California Medical Association, California Dental Association and California Hospital Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Bostwick & Associates, Bostwick Peterson & Mitchell, Jeffrey S. Mitchell; Dunn Koes, Brown Shenoi Koes, Shenoi Koes, Pamela E. Dunn, Mayo L. Makarczyk, Daniel J. Koes, Allan A. Shenoi and Michael R. Brown for Real Party in Interest.

Sharon J. Arkin for United Policyholders and JustHealth as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

GEORGE, C. J.—

The superior court vacated an arbitration award in a case involving the claim of a female patient that her physician was negligent in performing plastic surgery on her lip. The basis of the court's action was that the neutral arbitrator had failed to disclose a matter "that could cause a person aware of the facts to reasonably entertain a doubt that the ... neutral arbitrator would be able to be impartial." (Code...

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