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Court clarifies relationship between two arbitration awards

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In The Burlington Ins. Co. v. Trygg-Hansa Ins. Co., Case no. 1:99cv00334, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (May 16, 2006), the Court was asked to clarify the relationship between two arbitration awards. The Court found, after asking the arbitration panel for the second award for clarification, that the first award had been factored into and setoff within the second award.