MARVIN L. WARNER, APPELLANT,

v.

JOSEPHINE P. WARNER, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Stalley v. Transitional Hosps. Corp. OF Tampa, Inc., 44 So. 3d 627 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)
  …re Corp. v. Estate of Linton ex rel. Graham, 953 So. 2d 574, 579 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007); Extendicare Health Servs., [*630] Inc. v. Estate of Patterson, 898 So. 2d 989, 991 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005); Regency Island, Dunes, Inc. v. Foley & Assocs. Constr. Co., 697 So. 2d 217, 218 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). However, an exception to this general rule exists when the signatory of the arbitration agreement is authorized to act as the agent of the person sought to be bound, and “[n]on-signatories may be bound by an arbitration agr…
• Alterra Healthcare Corp. & Deanne M. Smith as to Alterra Sterling House of Tallahassee v. The Est. OF Jeanette Kelley Linton, 953 So. 2d 574 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007)
  …ent to arbitrate that was binding on Mrs. Linton, because she did not sign the agreement. In general, arbitration provisions are personal covenants that bind only the parties thereto. See Regency Isl. Dunes, Inc. v. Foley & Assocs. Contr. Co., Inc., 697 So. 2d 217, 218 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Karlen v. Gulf & Western Indus., Inc., 336 So. 2d 461, 462 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976). But the trial court correctly concluded that Mrs. Linton was an intended third-party beneficiary of the agreement in the present case. A nonsig-…
• Liberty Commc'ns, Inc. v. MCI Telecomms. Corp., 733 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999)
  …e contract as a representative of Liberty, and not in his individual capacity. One who has not agreed to be bound by an arbitration agreement cannot be compelled to arbitrate. See Regency Island Dunes, Inc. v. Foley and Associates Constr. Co., Inc., 697 So. 2d 217 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) [*574] (even assuming that alter ego of signing party could be compelled to arbitrate, there was no evidence that parent corporation was alter ego of subsidiary). Courts are powerless to compel arbitration in the absence of a con…