HIGLEY SOUTH, INC. v. PARK SHORE DEVELOPMENT

No. 85-2645.

494 So.2d 227 (1986)

HIGLEY SOUTH, INC., a Florida Corporation, and Reliance Construction Company, a Florida Corporation, D/B/a Higley-Reliance, a Joint Venture, and the Federal Insurance Company, a New Jersey Corporation, Appellants, v. PARK SHORE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Spectrum Contracting Company, a Florida Corporation, Randy's Electric, Inc., a Florida Corporation, and Quality Engineered Installation, a Florida Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Riggs, Jr., and Michael A. Hornreich, of Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, Ga., and John A. Curtiss, of MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelley, Tampa, and Stanley E. Marable, Sarasota, for appellants.

Steven J. Chase and William R. Pomeroy, of Abel, Band, Brown, Russell & Collier, Chartered, Sarasota, for appellee Park Shore Development Co.

Peter R. Spanos, of Hendrick, Spanos & Phillips, Atlanta, Ga., and William A. Dooley, of Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Sarasota, for appellee Spectrum Contracting Co.

Raymond C. Conklin, of Stolba, Englander, Conklin, Brainard, Disano & Verona, P.A., St. Petersbrug, for appellees Randy's Elec. and Quality Engineered Installation.


FRANK, Judge.

The instant appeal originated in a declaratory judgment action initiated to procure an order directing that contemporaneously pending commercial arbitration proceedings be consolidated. The trial court, without explicating the reasons for its determination, dismissed the complaint with prejudice. We reverse the trial court upon the narrow ground discussed below.

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