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...The award made in an arbitration proceeding must be in writing and must be signed by a majority of the arbitrators. A true copy of such award without delay shall be delivered to each of the parties in interest. The parties to the arbitration agreement may designate therein the county in which the arbitration shall be held and the award made.

...At any time within one year after an award in an arbitration proceeding is made, any party to the arbitration may apply to the court of common pleas for an order confirming the award. Thereupon the court shall grant such an order and enter judgment thereon, unless the award is vacated, modified, or corrected as prescribed in sections 2711.10 and 2711.11 of the Revised Code. Notice in writing of the application shall ...

...In any of the following cases, the court of common pleas shall make an order vacating the award upon the application of any party to the arbitration if: (A) The award was procured by corruption, fraud, or undue means. (B) There was evident partiality or corruption on the part of the arbitrators, or any of them. (C) The arbitrators were guilty of misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause...

...In any of the following cases, the court of common pleas in the county wherein an award was made in an arbitration proceeding shall make an order modifying or correcting the award upon the application of any party to the arbitration if: (A) There was an evident material miscalculation of figures or an evident material mistake in the description of any person, thing, or property referred to in the award; (B) The arb...

...Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying, correcting, or vacating an award made in an arbitration proceeding, the court must enter judgment in conformity therewith.

...After an award in an arbitration proceeding is made, any party to the arbitration may file a motion in the court of common pleas for an order vacating, modifying, or correcting the award as prescribed in sections 2711.10 and 2711.11 of the Revised Code. Notice of a motion to vacate, modify, or correct an award must be served upon the adverse party or his attorney within three months after the award is delivered to t...

...Any party to a proceeding for an order confirming, modifying, correcting, or vacating an award made in an arbitration proceeding shall, at the time the application is filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas, also file the following papers with the clerk: (A) The agreement, the selection or appointment, if any, of an additional arbitrator or umpire, and each written extension of the time within which to mak...

...An appeal may be taken from an order confirming, modifying, correcting, or vacating an award made in an arbitration proceeding or from judgment entered upon an award.

...Jurisdiction of judicial proceedings provided for by sections 2711.01 to 2711.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is generally in the courts of common pleas, and actions and proceedings brought under such sections shall be brought either in the court of common pleas of the county designated by the parties to the arbitration agreement as provided in section 2711.08 of the Revised Code, which designation is an irrevoca...

...(A) Upon the filing of any medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim as defined in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code, if all of the parties to the medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim agree to submit it to nonbinding arbitration, the controversy shall be submitted to an arbitration board consisting of three arbitrators to be named by the court. The arbitration board shall consist of one pe...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a written contract between a patient and a hospital or healthcare provider to settle by binding arbitration any dispute or controversy arising out of the diagnosis, treatment, or care of the patient rendered by a hospital or healthcare provider, that is entered into prior to the diagnosis, treatment, or care of the patient is valid, irrevocable, and enforceable ...

...To be valid and enforceable any arbitration agreements pursuant to sections 2711.01 and 2711.22 of the Revised Code for controversies involving a medical, dental, chiropractic, or optometric claim that is entered into prior to a patient receiving any care, diagnosis, or treatment shall include or be subject to the following conditions: (A) The agreement shall provide that the care, diagnosis, or treatment will be...

...To the extent it is in ten-point type and is executed in the following form, an arbitration agreement of the type stated in section 2711.23 of the Revised Code shall be presumed valid and enforceable in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence that the execution of the agreement was induced by fraud, that the patient executed the agreement as a direct result of the willful or negligent disregard by the...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Arbitral award" means any decisions of the arbitral tribunal on the substance of the dispute submitted to it and includes an interim, interlocutory, or partial arbitral award. (B) "Arbitral tribunal" means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators. (C) "Arbitration" means any arbitration, whether or not administered by a permanent arbitral institution. (D) "Arbitration agreement" m...

...(A) This chapter applies to international commercial arbitration and conciliation, subject to any agreement that is in force between the United States or any other state or states. (B) This chapter, except sections 2712.13 to 2712.16 and sections 2712.75 to 2712.79 of the Revised Code, applies only if the place of arbitration or conciliation is in this state.

...(A) An arbitration or conciliation agreement is international if any of the following applies: (1) The parties to an arbitration or conciliation agreement have, at the time of the conclusion of that agreement, their places of business in different states. (2) One of the following places is situated outside the state in which the parties have their place of business: (a) The place of arbitration or conciliation as ...

...An arbitration or conciliation agreement is commercial if it arises out of a relationship of a commercial nature, including any of the following: (A) A transaction for the supply or exchange of goods or services; (B) A distribution agreement; (C) A commercial representation or agency; (D) An exploitation agreement or concession; (E) A joint venture or other related form of industrial or business cooperation; (F...

...This chapter supersedes Chapter 2711. of the Revised Code with respect only to international commercial arbitration and conciliation. This chapter does not affect any other provisions of the Revised Code by virtue of which certain disputes may not be submitted to arbitration or conciliation or may be submitted to arbitration or conciliation only in accordance with provisions other than those of this chapter.

...If a provision of this chapter, except sections 2712.53 to 2712.55 of the Revised Code, leaves the parties free to determine a certain issue, that freedom includes the right of the parties to authorize a third party, including an institution, to make that determination.

...If a provision of this chapter refers to the fact that the parties have agreed or that they may agree, or in any other way refers to an agreement of the parties, the agreement shall be deemed to include any arbitration or conciliation rules referred to in that agreement.

...If this chapter, other than division (C) of section 2712.44 and division (A) of section 2712.66 of the Revised Code, refers to a claim or defense, it also applies to a counterclaim or a defense to that counterclaim.

...(A) Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, any written communication is deemed to have been received if it is delivered to the addressee personally or if it is delivered at his place of business, habitual residence, or mailing address, and the communication is deemed to have been received on the day it is so delivered. (B) If none of the places referred to in division (A) of this section can be found after makin...

...(A) A party who knows that any provision of this chapter, or any requirement under the arbitration agreement, has not been complied with and who proceeds with the arbitration without stating his objection to the noncompliance without undue delay or, if a time limit is provided for stating that objection, within that period of time, shall be deemed to have waived his right to object. (B) As used in this section, "an...

...(A) In matters governed by this chapter, no court shall intervene except as provided in this chapter or in applicable federal law. (B) The functions of a court referred to in this chapter shall be performed by the court of common pleas of the county in which the arbitration is located, except that the functions referred to in section 2712.13 of the Revised Code shall be performed by the appropriate court of common p...

...An arbitration agreement may be in the form of an arbitration clause in a contract or in the form of a separate agreement. An arbitration agreement shall be in writing. An agreement is in writing if it is contained in a document signed by the parties or in an exchange of letters, telex, telegrams, or other means of telecommunications that provide a record of the agreement, or in an exchange of statements of claims an...