Barnett v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• upholding ADR scheme in which an officer of one of the parties acted as arbitrator
• arbitration agreement designating employee of a party to the dispute as arbitrator is not against New York public policy
• “Considerable authority thus supports the validity and enforceability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, which reflect the informed negotiation and endorsement of parties.”
• “The court should not, except for compelling reasons, wrest away from contracting parties a superior marketplace bargaining hand and try to equalize relatively arm’s length commercial dealings.”
• “The bedrock 18 of the doctrine of unconscionability is the prevention of oppression and unfair surprise . . . and not 19 of disturbance of allocation of risk.” (cleaned up)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).