U.S. Care, Inc. v. Pioneer Life Insurance Co. of Illinois

MEMORANDUM ***

U.S. Care, Inc. (“U.S.Care”), a California corporation, appeals the district court’s order confirming an arbitration award in favor of Pioneer Life Insurance Company of Illinois (“Pioneer”), an Illinois corporation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

Review of a district court’s denial of a motion to vacate an arbitration award is de *492 novo. Woods v. Saturn Distrib. Corp., 78 F.3d 424, 427 (9th Cir.1996). An arbitration award will not be set aside under § 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. § 10 (a), unless it evidences a “manifest disregard of the law.” Michigan Mut. Ins. Co. v. Unigard, Sec. Ins. Co., 44 F.3d 826 , 832 (9th Cir.1995). See also “Steelworkers Trilogy”: United Steelworkers v. Am. Mfg. Co., 363 U.S. 564 , 80 S.Ct. 1343 , 4 L.Ed.2d 1403 (1960); United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., 363 U.S. 574 , 80 S.Ct. 1347 , 4 L.Ed.2d 1409 (1960); United Steelworkers v. Enter. Wheel & Car Co., 363 U.S. 593 , 80 S.Ct. 1358 , 4 L.Ed.2d 1424 (1960). This is a stringent standard of review that requires confirmation “even in the face of ‘erroneous ... misinterpretation of law.’ ” Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Cunard…