District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order compelling arbitration of an underlying dispute involving claims that a builder constructed homes that did not comply with applicable building codes is reversed where the parties did not agree to arbitrate claims such as those in the matter at hand.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2006
• Published 04/05/2006

Judges

• LaROSE, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• L. Joseph Shaheen, Jr., Joshua E. Burnett, and Mitchell C. Robiner of Gardner Wilkes Shaheen;  Kellie Lightbourn of Kellie Lightbourn, P.A.;   and Stuart C. Markman and Robert W. Ritsch of Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees., Gregory J. Orcutt of Bricklemyer, Smolker & Bolves, P.A.;   and Timothy A. Hunt and Marie A. Borland of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.