PALACIOS v. LAWSON

No. 4D2023-0869.

381 So.3d 623 (2024)

Piero PALACIOS, Appellant, v. Sharnice LAWSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 6, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica M. Hernandez , RoseMarie Antonacci-Pollock , and Alexander Pollock of Falk, Waas, Hernandez, Solomon, Mendlestein & Davis, P.A., Boca Raton, and Michael D. Meuti of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan, & Aranoff, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant.

Grace Mackey Streicher and Andrew A. Harris of Harris Appeals, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, and William D. Zoeller of Schuler, Halvorson, Weisser, Zoeller, & Overbeck, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The defendant in a medical malpractice action appeals an order denying his motion to compel arbitration. The trial court ruled that the arbitration agreement at issue was void as against public policy because it contravened the legislative intent of Florida's Medical Malpractice Act ("the MMA"). We reverse because the agreement does not disrupt...

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