District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order granting defendant's motion to compel arbitration and dismissing plaintiff's action in a buyer-seller dispute arising from the sale of residential property is reversed where the trial court erred in deferring to the determination of the arbitration panel concerning an issue of arbitrability of a punitive damages claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2006
• Published 02/15/2006

Judges

• CANADY, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan M. Oravec of Judd, Shea, Ulrich, Oravec, Wood & Dean, P.A., Sarasota, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony J. Abate, Steven J. Chase, and Kimberly J. Madison of Abel, Band, Russell, Collier, Pitchford & Gordon, Chartered, Sarasota, for Appellee.