Title

Alternatives To High-Cost Litigation

Abstract

Companies that formalize an internal problem-resolution program may avoid huge legal costs and boost employee morale. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) avoids time-consuming and expensive court trials. ADR may include mediation, arbitration, mini-trials, summary trials, and peer review. Whatever ADR format is used, it gives both sides of a dispute the chance to resolve their conflict-and in so doing saves time and money and relieves the stress associated with litigation. Some courts now require settlement conferences to encourage resolution of disputes outside the courtroom. ADR can be part of a company's formal internal grievance procedure or a company can propose an ADR approach on case-by-case basis. Mediators or arbitrators tend to be less emotional and perhaps more objective than jury members, whose emotions tend to cause high-cost verdicts. ADR can result in a prompt resolution (compared with courtroom backlogs, which can mean years of delay), and ADR can result in sizable reductions in legal fees and other costs. © 1995, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Publication Title

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly

Volume

36

Issue

1

Number of Pages

28-33

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/001088049503600115

Socpus ID

25544443325 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/25544443325

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