Afscme, Council 4, Local 2663 v. Dept. of Children & Families

Summary

The dissent would have vacated the arbitration award because the arbitrator manifestly disregarded the law by finding that Listro's negligence proximately caused the child's death despite uncontradicted medical evidence that the child died from shaken baby syndrome rather than a fall. It concluded that the arbitrator's causation theory was speculative, totally irrational, and unsupported by the record. The dissent would have reversed the Appellate Court and reinstated the trial court's order requiring a new arbitration hearing.