Getting Your Arbitration Award Confirm an Arbitration Award. By signing it, you agree that all disputes will be resolved via arbitration and not a lawsuit.Typical ADR processes include mediation, arbitration, neutral evaluation, and collaborative law. Courts will interfere as little as possible with the agreement of consenting parties to submit their disputes to arbitration. In New York, there is a statute of limitations of two years and six months for medical malpractice cases. The subject matter of cases appropriate for mediation or arbitration is broad and includes commercial, breach of contract, product liability, labor, medical. Code of Civil Procedure section 1295 sets forth specific requirements for arbitration contracts in medical malpractice cases.