MACRO CAPITAL CORP. v. THE SOFFER GROUP

No. 3D02-467.

822 So.2d 525 (2002)

MACRO CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Florida corporation; Rafael Resort Investors, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership; Rafael Group, Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company; Georg A. Rafael, individually; Rafael Hotels Asia, Limited, a Hong Kong company; Rafael Hotels, Limited, a British Virgin Islands company; Rafael Hotels, Ltd. (USA), a New York corporation; and Resort Investors Limited, a British Virgin Islands company, Petitioners, v. THE SOFFER GROUP, by and, through its Managing Partner, Donald M. SOFFER, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zuckerman & Spaeder and Ronald B. Ravikoff and Thomas Meeks and Helaine B. Batoff, Miami, for petitioners.

De La O & Marko and Miguel De La O, Miami, and Daniel L. Leyton, Boca Raton; Samuel I. Burstyn, Miami, for respondent.

Before GERSTEN, SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.


SHEVIN, Judge.

We grant Macro-Capital Corporation's petition for writ of certiorari, and quash the portions of the trial court's order that reserve jurisdiction over discovery as the cause proceeds in arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act. The court departed from the essential requirements of law in making such a reservation. Suarez-Valdez v. Shearson Lehman/American Express, Inc., 858 F.2d 648, 649 (11th Cir. 1988...

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