Case Name: STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT of HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. MAXIMUS, INC., a foreign corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-03-02
Citations: 633 So. 2d 490
Docket Number: No. 93-2995
Parties: STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT of HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. MAXIMUS, INC., a foreign corporation, Appellee.
Judges: SMITH, ALLEN and DAVIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 633
Pages: 490–490

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT of HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. MAXIMUS, INC., a foreign corporation, Appellee.
No. 93-2995.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 2, 1994.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Denis Dean, Chief, Sp. Projects, HRS, Michael E. Ingram, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pamela H. Page and Paul M. Wysocki, HRS, Asst. Gen. Counsel, John Nall, Sp. Counsel, Tallahassee, for appellant.
W. Robert Vezma, III and Frederick J. Springer of Cummings, Lawrence & Vezina, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) seeks certiorari review of an order denying its motion to dismiss an amended complaint filed in circuit court by Maximus, Inc. Count I of the amended complaint seeks relief and damages against HRS based upon an alleged breach of contract. HRS moved to dismiss Count I of the amended complaint on the grounds that a dispute resolution clause in the contract between the parties governed the manner in which all disputes relating to the performance and administration of the contract are to be resolved. We conclude that the trial court erred in denying HRS' motion and grant the petition for writ of certiorari.
The dispute resolution clause in this case is identical to the dispute resolution clause at issue in State, Dep't of Health and Rehabilitative Serv. v. E.D.S. Fed. Corp., 631 So.2d 353 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). This case is controlled by State, Dep't of Health and Rehabilitative Serv. v. E.D.S. Fed. Corp. Therefore, based on that decision, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari, quash the order of the circuit court and remand with directions to the circuit court to grant HRS' motion to dismiss Count I of the amended complaint.
SMITH, ALLEN and DAVIS, JJ., concur.