Deeb, Inc. v. Board of Public Instruction of Columbia County

The defendant in an action on a construction contract has taken this interlocutory appeal from an order amending a final decree, entered by the Circuit Court for Columbia County, amending the decree with regard to the matters settled by an arbitration award.

The question presented for our determination in this interlocutory appeal is whether the Circuit Court abused its discretion in amending its final decree.

During the course of this litigation both parties thereto executed and filed in the cause, pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Arbitration Code, Chapter 57, Florida Statutes,…