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Adapon vs. Medical Doctors, Inc.

DR. BENJAMIN D. ADAPON*, FOR HIMSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE COMPUTERIZED IMAGING INSTITUTE, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CENTER, INC., PETITIONERS, VS. MEDICAL DOCTORS, INC., RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 229956 | 2021-06-14

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Arbitration laws[1] and rules[2] prescribe limited and exclusive grounds to vacate an arbitral award. These grounds pertain to matters that are extraneous to the merits and do not delve into errors of facts or law in the award. Unless any of the conditions to vacate has been established, the regional trial court must confirm the arbitral award as a matter of course.[3]
 
This Court resolves a Petition for Review[4] assailing the Decision[5] of the Court of Appeals, which reversed the Regional Trial Court Resolution[6] confirming the arbitral tribunal's Final Award.[7]
 
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