Jaffe

FACTS

Because this case will be decided on procedural grounds, we need not summarize all the facts underlying the employment dispute, the arbitration contract, or the arbitration award. The relevant facts are as follows: The arbitrator filed its award on March 6, 2019.1 The prevailing party, Tenet, did not file a motion to confirm the award. The losing party, Jaffe, did not timely file a motion to vacate or correct the award as permitted by Code of Civil Procedure section 1288.2 Five months after the arbitrator issued its award, Jaffe filed a motion to vacate “void orders and judgments.” Jaffe argued his case should not have been sent to

In his petition to vacate, Jaffe stated the arbitration decision was served on April 24, 2019. In its order, the court noted the correct date was March 6, 2019. We will use the later date for purposes of this appeal, although the outcome is the same regardless of which date is used.

All further statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure, unless otherwise indicated.

2 arbitration and the award must be vacated. Two months later, he amended his motion adding arguments to support his claim “the judgment”…