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Palm Spring Gen. Hosp., Inc. v. Health Care Cost Containment Bd., 560 So. 2d 1348 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1990)
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In this case the Health Care Cost Containment Board attempted to renounce it's own settlement agreement.
Roe v. Amica Mut. Ins Co., 533 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 1988)
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This case establishes that arbitration is the favored means of dispute resolution.
Seifert v. U.S. Home Corp., 750 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 1999)
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This case provides that arbitration provisions are contractual in nature.
Vernetti v. American-Indian Enterprises, Inc., 152 So. 3d 856 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014)
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The District Court of Appeal held that cross-claim arose out of the contract between the parties and, thus, was arbitrable under the arbitration provision of the contract.
Davis v. Hearthstone Senior Communities, 155 So. 3d 1232 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2015)
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The District Court of Appeal held that the nursing home failed to prove the existence of a valid written agreement to arbitrate.
Sherwood v. Slazinski 162 So. 3d 229 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2015)
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The District Court of Appeal held that claim did not fall within the scope of arbitration clauses in operating agreement or supplemental agreement.

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