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: Legal Pad | LAArbitrators can't be disqualified for disclosing unrequired info
By Jason Siegel
Arbitrators can't be disqualified from a case because they gave information about themselves that wasn't necessary to be disclosed anyway, San Diego's 4th District of Appeal ruled.
The ruling vindicates arbitrator and retired San Diego Superior Court judge J. Richard Haden, who disclosed that he sat on an association's board of directors with the lead attorney and a potential witness -- but refused to disqualify himself from a case.
It also could have a wide impact for recognizing that arbitrators and judges have personal lives and might occasionally interact with the people that appear before them, The Recorder reported.
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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).
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