Restore with Apex, Inc., d/b/a Apex Restoration DKI v. Zachary Rocca

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the arbitration judgment after concluding that Apex failed to establish any statutory basis for vacating the award under the Federal Arbitration Act. Apex waived its partiality objection by failing to raise it during the arbitration, did not show that denial of a continuance lacked a reasonable basis or prejudiced its hearing, and merely alleged legal error regarding conversion and damages. The court held that an arbitrator's possible misapplication of Alabama law does not, by itself, constitute misconduct or an excess of arbitral powers.