PETITION TO CONFIRM ARBITRATION AWARD

(CCP § 1285)

TENTATIVE RULING:

Petitioner Allied Property & Casualty Insurance Company’s Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award is CONTINUED to MAY 28, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. in Department 25 at the SPRING STREET COURTHOUSE. At least 16 court days prior to the new hearing date, Petitioner is to file supplemental papers correcting the deficiencies discussed herein. Failure to do so may result in the Petition being placed off calendar or denied.

ANALYSIS:

I. Background

Petitioner Allied Property & Casualty Insurance Company (“Petitioner”) states that both Petitioner and Respondent Commerce West Insurance Company (“Respondent”) are members of Arbitration Forums, Inc. (“Forums”) (Pet., ¶ 5.) Forums is an arbitration and subrogation services provider. The parties submitted their dispute over liability coverage to arbitration to Forums on October 17, 2018. (Pet., Attach. 8(c).)

On January 4, 2019, Arbitrator Jennifer Solomon (“Arbitrator”) rendered an