Legal Opinion

Advantage Dental Health v. Beneficial Administrators Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 11, 1996No. 96-2308PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

683 So.2d 1133 (1996)

ADVANTAGE DENTAL HEALTH PLANS INC., Appellant,

v.

BENEFICIAL ADMINISTRATORS INC., Appellee.

No. 96-2308.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 11, 1996.

Gordon Koegler, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Randy C. Golden, Miami, for appellee.

FARMER, Judge.

The trial court stayed arbitration because the contract arbitration provision does not unambiguously exclude the claim in suit from the scope of the arbitration agreement. In so doing, the trial court erred.

Actually, the rule is exactly the opposite from that applied. Our cases hold that all doubts as to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Roe v. Amica Mut. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1988
  4. Ronbeck Const. Co., Inc. v. Savanna Club Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  5. Intracoastal Ventures Corp. v. Safeco Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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3Cited by4 opinions

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  2. Royal Professional Builders, Inc. v. RogginDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. Berman v. Alamo Rent a Car, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  4. Presley v. SzerdiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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