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Because no valid arbitration agreement existed between the parties, and because the surety could not invoke rights reserved solely to the principal, the Fourth District held that the trial court erred in compelling arbitration. n 22
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Id. See also U. S. Fire Ins. Co. v. Am. Walks at Port St. Lucie, LLC, 386 So. 3d 575, 580( Fla. 4th DCA 2024)( citing Seifert v. U. S. Home Corp., 750 So. 2d 633, 636( Fla. 1999)).
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