Health First, Inc. v. Corporate Fin., Inc.

Full title: HEALTH FIRST, INC., Appellant, v. CORPORATE FINANCIAL, INC., Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Date published: Jun 15, 2022

340 So. 3d 562 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)

Opinion

No. 3D21-2010

06-15-2022

HEALTH FIRST, INC., Appellant, v. CORPORATE FINANCIAL, INC., Appellee.

Carlton Fields, P.A., and Dean A. Morande (West Palm Beach) and Roger S. Kobert, for appellant. Fowler White Burnett, P.A., and Dino G. Galardi, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Carlton Fields, P.A., and Dean A. Morande (West Palm Beach) and Roger S. Kobert, for appellant.

Fowler White Burnett, P.A., and Dino G. Galardi, for appellee.

Before EMAS, MILLER and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Operis Grp., Corp. v. E.I. at Doral, LLC, 973 So. 2d 485, 489 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (confirming that a challenge to the validity of an arbitration agreement, based on the making of and existence of a written agreement between the parties, is to be resolved by the trial court). See also CT Miami, LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Latinoamerica Miami, Inc., 201 So. 3d 85, 92–93 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015) (holding that challenges to either party's agreement to the contract in the first instance, including those that allege that a subsequent contract superseded and invalidated a prior contract containing an arbitration provision, are exclusively to be determined by the trial court).