Ian Gardner v. Wolfe & Goldstein, P.A., Chutney Enterprises, Inc., West Sunrise Development Corporation, Thomas Austin and Mark Goldstein

Ian Gardner appeals an order granting a motion to enforce a mediated settlement agreement, which he never agreed to and did not sign. We reverse.

Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.730(b) requires that mediated agreements be reduced to writing and signed by the parties. We considered a nearly identical claim in Dean v. Rutherford Mulhall, P.A., 16 So.3d 284, 286 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009). There, as here, the parties entered into mediation and arrived at an agreement, but Dean, a party, did not sign it. Nevertheless, the trial court entered an order enforcing the agreement. On appeal, we reversed,…