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Ted Duke, Maria Cardenas, Randal Graham, and David Graham were members of a limited liability company (LLC) called Way Cool Dirt Cheap (WCDC). A conflict developed pitting Duke and Cardenas against the Grahams. They arbitrated their dispute, as specified by the company's operating agreement. The arbitrator ruled to remove Duke and Cardenas as members of WCDC. The trial court confirmed the award.

A recent article entitled, Speedy Resolution (Health Executive, March 2007), explores the arbitration of healthcare billing disputes. Thousands of healthcare billing and payment disputes are resolved each year in the arbitration systems of no-fault automobile insurance states like New York, New Jersey and Minnesota, says author Keith Maurer, the National Arbitration Forum’s Director of Healthcare and Insurance ADR Services.