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Green v. Tri-Met

Oregon Court of Appeals
Oct 26, 1988
93 Or. App. 623 (Or. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

A8701-00408; CA A46181

Argued and submitted September 19, 1988

Affirmed October 26, 1988

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Multnomah County, Gerald R. Pullen, Judge pro tempore.

Bartley F. Day, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Norman L. Lindstedt, Portland.

Thomas M. Christ, Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Mitchell, Lang Smith, Portland.

Before Warden, Presiding Judge, and Graber and Riggs, Judges.


PER CURIAM

Affirmed.


This is an action to recover damages for personal injury. The circuit court referred the matter to mandatory arbitration pursuant to ORS 33.360. The arbitrator's award in favor of defendants was rendered 55 days after the hearing. Plaintiff then moved to set aside the award as not being timely filed and because it misstated the time for appeal. The trial court entered a judgment adopting the arbitrator's award after the time for appeal to the circuit court had expired and later denied plaintiff's motion. Plaintiff appeals, arguing that the award was void, because it was not filed within seven days after the end of the hearing.

The latter assignment of error is not presented on appeal.

Supplementary Local Court Rule 13.225(1) provides, in relevant part:

"Within seven days after the conclusion of the arbitration hearing, the arbitrator shall file the decision and award with the clerk of the Court * * *."

The rule prescribes what shall be done but does not prescribe the consequences of noncompliance. Nothing in the rule suggests that its violation makes the arbitrator's award void. See Annot., 56 ALR3d 815, 819, 828-30 (1974). Plaintiff claims no prejudice from the delay.

Hanner, Jennings Co. v. Coffin, 1 Or. 99 (1854), may be to the contrary, but the opinion in that case is so brief that important things, such as the source of the referee's authority, are unclear. In the absence of a clearer mandate, we decline to construe Hanner, Jennings in the manner urged by plaintiff.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Green v. Tri-Met

Oregon Court of Appeals
Oct 26, 1988
93 Or. App. 623 (Or. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

Green v. Tri-Met

Case Details

Full title:GREEN, Appellant, v. TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF…

Court:Oregon Court of Appeals

Date published: Oct 26, 1988

Citations

93 Or. App. 623 (Or. Ct. App. 1988)
762 P.2d 1067

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