AAA Arbitration Award under Law 75 is published in federal court confirmation proceedings

As I reported previously, a three-member panel of the International Center for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association by majority decision (former U.S. District Court Judge José A. Fusté and Manuel San Juan, Esq.) issued a 63-page Award in favor of the distributor Puerto Rico Hospital Supply finding that Johnson & Johnson International violated Law 75 by terminating a non-exclusive distribution agreement without just cause and awarding damages, costs, and fees in excess of $1.1 million plus interest. The Panel dismissed J&JI’s counterclaim of $540,000 with prejudice. Panelist Edgardo Cartagena, Esq. dissented on the Law 75 award and concurred on the dismissal of the counterclaim.

Puerto Rico Hospital Supply filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in Civil No. 17-1405 (FAB) to confirm the Award as a judgment under the FAA and attached the Panel’s majority and dissenting decisions as exhibits.