Hardiman

Filed 2/28/24 Hardiman v. The Woodlands Store CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

ROY HARDIMAN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, A166704 v. THE WOODLANDS STORE, INC., (Marin County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. No. CIV220179)

This appeal involves a dispute over an appraisal of plaintiffs Roy and Janet Hardiman’s (Hardimans) 15-percent ownership interest in a grocery business owned and operated by defendant The Woodlands Store, Inc. (Woodlands). The Hardimans challenge the superior court’s decision to deny their petition to vacate the appraisal–arbitration award and to confirm the award in favor of Woodlands. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1286.2, 1285.)1 They reason that…