LLOYDS UNDERWRITERS v. NETTERSTROM

No. 1D08-5432.

17 So.3d 732 (2009)

LLOYDS UNDERWRITERS and Osprey Underwriting Agency, Ltd., Appellants, v. Rebecca NETTERSTROM, The M/V or T/B Jefferson and Mar-K Towing, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Andrew Talbert of Bozeman, Jenkins & Matthews, Pensacola; David Bland and Robert P. Vining of Leblanc Brand, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Appellants.

Lloyd N. Frischhertz and Dominick F. Impastato, III, of Frischhertz & Associates, New Orleans, LA; Rayo Moreno of Moreno & Gallagher, Ft. Lauderdale; John L. Fishel, II, of Boggs & Fishel, Panama City; Rufus C. Harris, III, and Alfred J. Rufty, III, of Harris & Rufty, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Appellees.


PADOVANO, J.

This is an appeal from a nonfinal order determining that a party is not entitled to arbitration. We hold that the arbitration clause in the insurance policy at issue is clear and unambiguous and that the case law prohibiting arbitration of insurance coverage disputes must give way to the contrary requirements of the Federal Arbitration Act and the Convention governing international arbitration agreements. We therefore reverse.

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