Garver v. Ferguson

Petitioner, Bill R. Garver, filed in the circuit court of Madison County a petition to vacate (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 10, par. 112) or modify (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 10, par. 113) an arbitration award of $26,400 in favor of respondents, Roy D. Ferguson and R. Gene Cobbel, d/b/a Ferguson-Cobbel Construction. The circuit court denied the petition, confirmed the award, and entered judgment in favor of respondents and against petitioner in the amount of $26,400, together with interest from the date of the award. Petitioner appealed, the appellate court reversed and remanded for rearbitration before a new panel of arbitrators (63 Ill. App.3d 453), and we allowed respondents' petition for leave to appeal.