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Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the trial court’s denial of a Rule 59 motion to vacate a judgment entered on an arbitration award, holding that the award constitutes a final judgment appealable under Rule 71B without certification under Rule 54(b), and that the arbitration panel did not engage in misconduct sufficient to warrant vacatur under 9 U.S.C. §10(a)(3). The Court reasoned that Rule 71B expressly makes the award a final judgment and that the panel’s evidentiary rulings were within its broad discretion.