ROBERTO BARRETO, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Fewox v. McMERIT Constr. Co., 556 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989)
  …al and the recipient of the award will be entitled to an order confirming the arbitration award in its favor, not only as against the principal but also against the surety. Kidder Electrical of Florida, Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., 530 So. 2d 475 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). See Von Engineering Co. v. R.W. Roberts Construction Co., 457 So. 2d 1080 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984) (where a surety has notice of a suit against the principal and is afforded an opportunity to appear and defend, a judgment rendered wi…
• Hilton OIL Transp. v. OIL Transp. Co., S.A., 659 So. 2d 1141 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)
  …, Hilton Oil relies upon the decisions of Universal Am. Barge Corp. v. J-Chem., Inc., 946 F. 2d 1131 (5th Cir.1991); SCAC Transport (USA) v. S.S. Danaos, 845 F. 2d 1157 (2d Cir.1988); and Kidder Elec. of Florida, Inc. v. U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co., 530 So. 2d 475 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). We find these cases to be factually distinguishable from the case sub judice and Hilton Oil’s reliance upon them is, therefore, misplaced. In each of these decisions, it was found that a nonparty indemnitor or surety to an arbi…
• K.P. Meiring Constr., Inc. v. Northbay I & E, Inc., 761 So. 2d 1221 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
  …. Thus, Great American would be entitled to a stay of the action on the lien transfer bond until the underlying issues between Meiring and Northbay were determined by arbitration. See Kidder Elec. of Fla., Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guar. Co., 530 So. 2d 475 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988); Post Tensioned Eng’g Corp. v. Fairways Plaza Assoc., 429 So. 2d 1212 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). The trial judge did not hold an evidentiary hearing in this matter and apparently disposed of the motion by reference to the contract docu…

Authorities Cited

• Graff v. State, 389 So. 2d 333 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)