Svigilsky v. Amedex Ins. Co.

Full title: MIGUEL LEBED SVIGILSKY, Appellant, v. AMEDEX INSURANCE COMPANY U.S.A…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 25, 2001

789 So. 2d 545 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

Opinion

Case No. 3D01-515

Opinion filed July 25, 2001.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Philip Bloom, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 00-13414.

Lopez Best, and Virginia M. Best, for appellant.

Hunton Williams, and Vance E. Salter, and D. Patricia Wallace, and Thomas R. Julin, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN, and GODERICH, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ., concur.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge (specially concurring).

Although, indeed because the issue is a close one, I agree that the arbitration clause of the insurance policy in question applies to the dispute involved in this case. See Roe v. Amica Mut. Ins. Co., 533 So.2d 279 (Fla. 1988); Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. v. Universal Employment Agency, 664 So.2d 1107 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); State Farm Fire Cas. Co. v. Middleton, 648 So.2d 1200 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); see also Cuningham Hamilton Quiter, P.A. v. B.L. of Miami Inc., 776 So.2d 940 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), and cases cited.