Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Shield
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 14, 2010No. 4D09-3394PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevine, J.
The issue presented is whether appellant’s compliance with the mandatory statutory requirements of chapter 766, Florida Statutes, constituted a waiver of the arbitration clause previously agreed to by both parties. We find that complying with the presuit requirements did not constitute a waiver of the agreed-to arbitration, and we reverse the trial court’s ruling that arbitration had been waived.
In April 2007, appellee Donna Shield went to appellant Dr. Roger Gordon, a surgeon at Strax Rejuvenation, for an ab-dominoplasty and lipectomy. By July 2008, Shield sent Gordon and Strax a notice of…
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