5D02-1569 Stafford v. Wayne Frier Manufactured Home

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D02-1569

Case Date: 02/10/2003

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2003

JOSEPH STAFFORD AND KATHLEEN STAFFORD, Appellants, v. WAYNE FRIER MANUFACTURED HOME, ETC., ET AL., Appellees. ______________________________/ CASE NO.: 5D02-1569

Opinion filed February 14, 2003 Non-Final Appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Patricia V. Thomas, Judge. Kevin K. Dixon of Brannen, Stillwell & Perrin, P.A., Inverness, for Appellants. Frank C. Amatea, Ocala, for Appellees.

PER CURIAM. This is an appeal of a non-final order granting the motion of Wayne Frier Manufactured Home Center of Homosassa Springs, Inc. and Wayne Frier Mobile Home Sales, Inc. to submit an amended complaint of Joseph and Kathleen Stafford to arbitration. Millicent and Albert K. Morrell, Sr. are co-plaintiffs with the Staffords in Morrell v. Wayne Frier Manufactured Home Center, 28 Fla. L. Weekly D256 (Fla. 5 th DCA January 17, 2003) in which the facts of this

case are described. The decision in Morrell is dispositive of the issue in this case. We vacate the May 7, 2002 order submitting the amended complaint to arbitration and remand to the circuit court for further proceedings.

REVERSED and REMANDED; ORDER VACATED

PETERSON, PLEUS and PALMER, JJ., concur.

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