LOPEZ EX REL. LOPEZ v. ANDIE'S, INC.

No. 4D12-2361.

137 So.3d 528 (2014)

Cecilia LOPEZ, by and through her Attorney-in-Fact and Next Friend, Bernardo LOPEZ, Appellant, v. ANDIE'S, INC., a Florida Corporation d/b/a Willow Manor Retirement Home, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam J. Richardson and Andrew A. Harris of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Diana Santa Maria and Max N. Panoff of the Law Offices of Diana Santa Maria, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Sorraya M. Solages-Jones and Jerome R. Silverberg of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STEVENSON, J.

Cecilia Lopez, by and through her attorney-in-fact Bernardo Lopez ("Estate"), appeals an order granting Andie's, Inc.'s, d/b/a Willow Manor Retirement Home, motion to compel arbitration.1 Because the terms of the agreement substantially diminishes Estate's statutory rights under the "Assisted Living Facilities Act," Chapter 429, Florida Statutes (2010), we reverse.

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