Labor/Employment
Mar. 6, 2014
Fate of $5.4 million arbitration award hinges on whether neutral was biased
Lawyers for Irvine-based medical device company Masimo said arbitrator Richard Neal, a retired California Court of Appeal justice, failed to disclose a personal connection to the company.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A neutral should have disclosed at the start of an arbitration that his brother was a lawyer who helped sue the defendants in another case, attorneys for Irvine-based medical device company Masimo Corp. said in court filings late Monday.
The company's lawyers said arbitrator Richard Neal, a retired California Court of Appeal justice, failed to disclose the personal connection and thus his $5.4 mi...
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