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Letter to the Editor

Jun. 25, 2010

Arbitration is not a run-up to settlement, says Gordon Ownby of Cooperative of American Physicians Inc.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

Alexander S. Polsky's lament, "Where Have All the Arbitrators Gone?" (June 10), about arbitrators leaving the profession seems to treat experienced litigators trying cases in arbitration like schoolchildren. "Did you argue only for a defense award?" "Did you introduce testimony that would support an award different from that presented by plaintiff?" Did you remember to look both ways before crossing the street?

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