Hanson v. Commercial Union Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that an appraiser is 17 not permitted to “resolve questions of coverage [or] interpret provisions of the policy”
• reiterating principle from Hirt that decisions of appraisers entitled to finality unless appraisers exceeded authority or violated instructions
• applying “the general standard of review applicable to arbitration” to “appraisal enforcement proceedings” (quoting Safeco Ins. Co. v. Sharma, 207 Cal. Rptr. 104, 106 (Cal. Ct. App. 1984))
• applying \the general standard of review applicable to arbitration\ to \appraisal enforcement proceedings\ (quoting Safeco Ins. Co. of Am. v. Sharma, 207 Cal. Rptr. 104, 106 (Cal. Ct. App. 1984))
• in view of similarity between arbitration and appraisal enforcement proceedings, court applied arbitration standard of review to review of appraisal panel award
• “It is certainly not [the appraisers’] 6 function to resolve questions of coverage and interpret provisions of the policy.”

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