Randal D. Haworth, Petitioners v. the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Respondent; — Werdegar, J…

Summary

Justice Werdegar dissented from the court's conclusion that an arbitrator was not required to disclose his prior public censure for sexually harassing conduct toward female court staff. She reasoned that, in a gender-sensitive cosmetic-surgery dispute, a person aware of the censure could reasonably doubt the arbitrator's impartiality, requiring disclosure and permitting vacatur of the award for nondisclosure. The dissent would have upheld the lower courts' determination that disclosure was required.