If the arbitration agreement provided a method of appointment of arbitrators, this method shall be followed. In the absence thereof, or if the agreed method fails or for any reason cannot be followed, or when an arbitrator appointed fails or is unable to act and a successor has not been duly appointed, the court on application of a party shall appoint one (1) or more arbitrators. An arbitrator so appointed has all the powers of one specifically named in the agreement.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-5-304
Appointment of arbitrators
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Owens v. National Health Corp. (2008)
Most recently applied in Akilah Louise Wofford v. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Inc. (November 2015)
Acts 1983, ch. 462, § 3.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.