Three Years Late in the Race to the Courthouse

Mave Enterprises, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co., No. B241807 (D2d1, as modified, Oct. 23, 2013)

The court of appeal holds that the superior court did not err by confirming an arbitral award, even though the defendant had filed a parallel petition to vacate the award in federal court. Because the superior court had obtained jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action years before the federal case was filed, it did not abuse its discretion in refusing to stay in favor of the federal case.