District Court of Appeal of Florida

Order compelling arbitration and denial of motion for rehearing in a suit for damages under Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act involving the repossession of an automobile are both affirmed where: 1) a significant relationship existed between the claim and the agreement containing the arbitration clause; and 2) the trial court was correct in finding that plaintiff failed to make a sufficient showing of unconscionability to overcome the arbitration agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/06/2006
• Published 12/06/2006

Judges

• RAMIREZ, J., Before GREEN, RAMIREZ, and LAGOA, JJ.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Samuel M. Spatzer, Coral Gables;  Jay M. Levy, Miami, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Goldsmith & Atlas, and Mark Atlas, Miami, for appellees.