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Barge v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

A trial court must enter a written monetary judgment on an order confirming an arbitration award before it can order a supersedeas bond.

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The question in Case No. A00A0363 is whether the adding of a $20 million indemnity claim to a pending $400,000 arbitration proceeding arising out of the same indemnity agreement, which was added with the consent of the arbitration panel, required that a separate arbitration panel be appointed to hear the new claim. The rules stipulated by the arbitration agreement authorized the panel to consider all new claims, and for this reason, we answer this question in the negative and affirm. The question in Case No. A00A0364 is whether ordering a supersedeas appellate bond where the court has confirmed the underlying arbitration award but has not entered a written monetary judgment based upon this award is error. We answer this question in the affirmative and vacate the supersedeas bond order.

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company bonded certain construction projects of Barge-Wagener, Inc. When Barge-Wagener experienced financial difficulties in completing these projects, St. Paul in May 1994 agreed to advance funds to assist if John Barge a principal in Barge-Wagener and his wife agreed to turn over their tax refunds—about $400,000—to St. Paul, and agreed to indemnify St. Paul for any costs or losses arising out of these money advances to Barge-Wagener. The parties agreed to arbitrate any disputes related to the agreement “in accordance with the Construction Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.”

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