WESTLAKE REINSURANCE, INC.
v.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Fla. 1st DCA | 2024-09-18
No. 1D2023-2654
2024 FL 11313 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2024)

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Holding

The trial court properly denied the motion to compel arbitration, and the appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review the denial of the motion to lift stay.


Headnotes

[1] An appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review a trial court's denial of a motion to lift stay under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130.

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Facts & Procedural History

Westlake Reinsurance, Inc. sought to lift a stay and compel arbitration against the Florida Department of Financial Services, acting as receiver of Gu…

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Opinion of the Court

September 18, 2024 PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Westlake Reinsurance, Inc., appeals the trial court’s denial of its motion to lift stay and to compel arbitration. We dismiss the appeal as to the trial court’s denial of the motion to lift stay for lack of jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.130. We affirm the trial court’s denial of the motion to compel arbitration without further comment.

DISMISSED in part and AFFIRMED in part.

LEWIS, B.L. THOMAS, and NORDBY, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.


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