District Court of Appeal of Florida

Denial of defendant's to compel arbitration of a CPA and financial advisor's action for tortious interference with a business relationship is reversed where, under Seifert v. US Home Corp., 750 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 1999) and the cases cited in Seifert, plaintiff's claim for tortious interference had to be arbitrated despite the fact that it was a tort claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/01/2006
• Published 11/01/2006

Judges

• KLEIN, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cozen O'Connor and Sherril M. Colombo, Miami and F. Warren Jacoby and Jennifer M. McHugh, Philadelphia, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald M. Zakarin of Schwartz, Gold, Cohen, Zakarin & Kotler, P.A., Boca Raton and Andrew S. Berman of Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez, P.A., North Miami Beach, for appellee.