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Arbitration Case Law Update( Continued)
DONNA GREENSPAN SOLOMON
UBS Fin. Services, Inc. v. Saunders, No. 2D2024-2958, 2025 WL 3224110( Fla. 2d DCA Nov. 19, 2025). Non-signatory co-trustee of trust that had trust account with financial services firm was equitably estopped from disclaiming arbitration provision in master account agreement where co-trustee’ s claim was based on master account agreement.
Hill-Becton v. MIA Aesthetics Clinic, LLC, No. 3D25-0072, 2026 WL 41058, at * 1( Fla. 3d DCA Jan. 7, 2026). Appellate court, on de novo review, affirmed order compelling arbitration where appellant failed to establish that the subject arbitration provisions were both procedurally and substantively unconscionable.
Andersen Serv. Corp. v. Old Republic Sur.
Co., No. 4D2025-2411, 2026 WL 61436, at * 1( Fla. 4th DCA Jan. 7, 2026). The right to arbitrate was never triggered by a party designated under a subcontract as entitled to invoke arbitration where the opposing party, a surety, was not a party to the subcontract and neither the subcontract nor the subcontract ' s arbitration provision were incorporated into the lien transfer bond.
Donna Greenspan Solomon was the first attorney certified by The Florida Bar as both Business Litigator and Appellate Specialist. Donna is a Member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and serves as Chair on AAA( Commercial Panel) and FINRA arbitrations. She is a Certified Circuit, Appellate, and Family Mediator and Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator. Donna is the current Chair of The Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions— Contract and Business Cases. Donna can be reached at( 561) 762- 9932 or Donna @ SolomonAppeals. com or by visiting www. solomonappeals. com.
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