CARMEN ST. CLAIRE-ROUKE, APPELLANT,

v.

FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Ibis Lakes Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Ibis Isle Homeowners Ass'n, Inc., 102 So. 3d 722 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012)
  …. 2d 105, 107 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) (quoting Roe v. Amica Mut. Ins. Co., 533 So. 2d 279, 281 (Fla.1988)). However, arbitration “may be required only as to those disputes concerning which the parties have expressly agreed.” Vargas v. Schweitzer-Ramras, 878 So. 2d 415, 417 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004) (quoting Atencio v. U.S. Sec. Ins. Co., 676 So. 2d 489, 490 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996)). Thus, “[t]he general rule is that where an arbi [*728] tration agreement exists between the parties, arbitration is required only of those contr…
• Mintz & Fraade, P.C. v. Beta Drywall Acquisition, LLC, 59 So. 3d 1173 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011)
  …itration of fee disputes in retainer agreements. Arbitration clauses in retainer agreements may be enforceable, but are construed against the attorney and must comply with the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. See, e.g., Vargas v. Schweitzer-Ramras, 878 So. 2d 415, 417-18 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004) (construing arbitration clause in retainer agreement against attorney); see also Feldman v. Davis, 53 So. 3d 1132, 1137 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011) (observing that a retainer agreement may not include a mandatory arbitration provi…
• Owens v. Corrigan, 252 So. 3d 747 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018)
  …entail fee issues only.” An ambiguous contract provision is to be construed against the drafter, Delsordo, 127 So. 3d at 530, and a retainer agreement is to be construed against the attorney and in favor of the client, Vargas v. Schweitzer- Ramras, 878 So. 2d 415, 417 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). But the mere fact that an arbitration agreement can be interpreted in more than one manner does not make it ambiguous. Delsordo, 127 So. 3d at 530. Rather, to be ambiguous the additional manner of interpretation must be r…

Authorities Cited

• Mitchell v. State, 719 So. 2d 1258 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998)