Arbitration panel rules against The Edgewater hotel, orders $14 million payment to contractors

Quoted: All payments ordered by the panel are due by Aug. 27, according to the ruling. An appeal is unlikely, said Dick Heymann, an adjunct professor of law at UW-Madison. Arbitration is used to avoid court proceedings and is set up under an agreement by all parties involved in the case. In most cases, a ruling is final.