Israel v. Costanzo

This appeal involves a trial court’s jurisdiction to vacate an arbitration award. In a literal example of “too late, too little”— because appellee Costanzo’s petition to vacate the award was not filed within the requisite time frame for one of the alleged grounds, and because he has not alleged any facts supporting the second ground that was timely pled—we reverse the trial court’s vacation and remand for the trial court to confirm the award.

Background

The appellee, Anthony Costanzo (“Employee”), was a deputy with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (“BSO”). He was arrested on evidence…