Spanish Broadcasting Sys. v. Grillone

Full title: SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEMS OF FLORIDA, INC. Appellant, vs. CARLOS…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 5, 1999

731 So. 2d 160 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-2993

Opinion filed May 5, 1999. JANUARY TERM, A.D. 1999

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Thomas Wilson, Jr., Judge; L.T. No. 96-20674.

Spencer Klein; Ross Tilghman and Lauri Waldman Ross, for appellant.

Gilbride, Heller Brown and Roderick C. McDonald and Lewis Brown, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the award to Carlos Grillone based on a finding that Spanish Broadcasting Systems of Florida, Inc. [SBS], breached the parties' mediation agreement. The trial court found that SBS was "in wilful breach of the terms of the settlement agreement it entered into with [Grillone] at mediation and has indicated to the Court that it will not honor the terms of the mediation agreement." Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.730(c), the court did not abuse its broad discretion in imposing sanctions against SBS or in declining SBS's request to reduce the amount imposed. See Paranzino v. Barnett Bank of South Fla., 690 So.2d 725 (Fla. 4th DCA), cause dismissed, 695 So.2d 700 (Fla.), and review denied, 705 So.2d 9 (Fla. 1997).

Affirmed.