Tentative ruling in department 52 on Jan. 13, 2023 in Los Angeles County, CA - Case no: xxxxx273

Case Number: 22STCP04273 Hearing Date: January 13, 2023 Dept: 52 Petitioners DriveTime Car Sales Company, LLC, d/b/a DriveTime and BridgeCrest Acceptance Corporations Petition to Vacate Contractual Arbitration Award
Petitioners DriveTime Car Sales Company, LLC, d/b/a DriveTime and BridgeCrest Acceptance Corporation petition to vacate an arbitration award entered in favor of respondent James Lee Hubert.
In response, Hubert requests that the court confirm the award.
If a petition or response under this chapter is duly served and filed, the court shall confirm the award as made, whether rendered in this state or another state, unless in accordance with this chapter it corrects the award and confirms it as corrected, vacates the award or dismisses the proceedings.
(CCP § 1286.)

Courts have limited authority to vacate an arbitration award.
A courts power to correct or vacate an erroneous arbitration award is closely circumscribed.
(Heimlich v. Shi….....