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Loewenstein, Inc. v. Draheim

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Nov 30, 2005
914 So. 2d 1106 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 4D05-1992.

November 30, 2005.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Leroy H. Moe, J.

Scott A. Forman, and Patrick F. Martin of Littler Mendelson, P.C., Miami, for appellant.

John N. Cain, Jr., and Kevin J. Fitzsimmons of Mandelbaum, Fitzsimmons Hewitt, P.A., Tampa, for appellee.


The circuit court vacated an arbitration award because the arbitrator "exceeded the powers granted to him." Appellant, Loewenstein, Inc., filed a motion seeking to compel another arbitration. The court denied the motion. Loewenstein appeals. This court has jurisdiction. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iv). We reverse.

This is a case where the parties contractually agreed to arbitrate. Cf. Ruffin v. Kingswood E. Condo. Ass'n, Inc., 719 So.2d 951, 953 n. 2 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). It is error for a circuit court to enter an order vacating an arbitration award without directing a rehearing by the arbitration panel. See Ripple v. Packard, 471 So.2d 1293 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985); Fridman v. Citicorp Real Estate, Inc., 596 So.2d 1128, 1129 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992), overruled on other grounds by Turnberry Assocs. v. Service Station Aid, Inc., 651 So.2d 1173 (Fla. 1995); see also § 682.13(3), 682.20(1)(e), Fla. Stat. (2005).

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

GUNTHER, GROSS and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Loewenstein, Inc. v. Draheim

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Nov 30, 2005
914 So. 2d 1106 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)
Case details for

Loewenstein, Inc. v. Draheim

Case Details

Full title:LOEWENSTEIN, INC., Appellant, v. John DRAHEIM, as agent and principal of…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Nov 30, 2005

Citations

914 So. 2d 1106 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)