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MIAMI DOLPHINS, LTD. v. COWAN

No. 91-2420.

601 So.2d 301 (1992)

The MIAMI DOLPHINS, LTD., Appellant, v. Paul COWAN, as Administrator ad Litem of the Estate of David Arthur Overstreet, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weissman, Lichtman & Dervishi, P.A., and Jeffrey M. Weissman and Brian S. Dervishi, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellant.

Joe N. Unger, P.A., Miami, Von Zamft & Lorenzo, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before COPE, LEVY and GERSTEN, JJ.

COPE, Judge.

The Miami Dolphins, Ltd., appeal an adverse summary final judgment. The principal issue is whether the controversy should have been referred to arbitration. We conclude that it should have and reverse.

In 1983 the Miami Dolphins entered into three NFL Player Contracts with David Overstreet. These were three, one-year contracts covering the 1983-84, 1984-85, and 1985-86 football seasons. Executed simultaneously was a "Signing Bonus Rider," which...

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