H GREG AUTO POMPANO, INC.
v.
WILLIAM RASKIN

Fla. 3d DCA | 2020-12-16
No. 20-0240
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2020)

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Holding

Florida law does not require a stay of trial court proceedings after a motion to compel arbitration has been denied and that denial is on appeal.


Headnotes

[1] Florida Statutes section 682.03 requires a stay of proceedings while a motion to compel arbitration is pending, but does not mandate a stay after a motion to compel arbit…

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“the statutory language does not mandate a stay after a motion to compel has been denied and that denial is on appeal”

The court's explanation of Florida law regarding stays in arbitration disputes

Facts & Procedural History

H Greg Auto Pompano and related entities sought a stay of proceedings below pending resolution of their appeal from an order denying their motion to c…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

ON MOTION FOR REVIEW OF STAY ORDER

Appellants H Greg Auto Pompano, Inc.; H Greg Miami, Inc.; H Greg

Investments, Inc.; H Gregory 1, Inc.; and H Gregory, LLC seek review, pursuant to

Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.310(f), of an order denying their motion to stay the proceedings below pending resolution of their appeal from an order denying their motion to compel arbitration. Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm the denial of the motion to stay.

Pursuant to section 682.03, Florida Statutes (2019), a stay is required while a motion to compel arbitration is pending, but the statutory language does not mandate a stay after a motion to compel has been denied and that denial is on appeal. See

Open MRI of Okeechobee, LLC v. Aldana, 969 So. 2d 589, 590 (Fla. 4th DCA

2007). We note that this approach differs from that taken in some federal courts under the Federal Arbitration Act where, following “an appeal from the denial of a motion to compel arbitration, the district court should stay the litigation so long as the appeal is non-frivolous.” Blinco v. Green Tree Servs., LLC, 366 F. 3d 1249,

1253 (11th Cir. 2004). Florida courts have so far declined to adopt this approach,

and therefore, we are unable to conclude the trial court abused its discretion. See

Open MRI, 969 So. 2d at 590 (declining to adopt the rationale in Blinco).

Affirmed.


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