Erie Insurance Exchange has filed a petition to vacate a $1.2 million auto insurance arbitration award the company paid to a Luzerne County man in the case that was apparently the basis for federal corruption charges against Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Toole.
Erie Insurance Exchange argues it is entitled to relief under Pennsylvania’s Uniform Arbitration Act because the Dec. 18, 2007, award was the result of Toole’s appointment of a neutral arbitrator “hand-picked” by the plaintiff’s attorney, Harry V. Cardoni, in exchange for free use of the Kingston, Pa., lawyer’s New Jersey beach house.
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