Case Name: CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA, Appellant, v. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS, etc., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-10-01
Citations: 884 So. 2d 440
Docket Number: No. 5D04-759
Parties: CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA, Appellant, v. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS, etc., Appellee.
Judges: THOMPSON, PLEUS and MONACO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 884
Pages: 440–441

Head Matter:
CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA, Appellant, v. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS, etc., Appellee.
No. 5D04-759.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Oct. 1, 2004.
Brian Koji of Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A. Tampa, for Appellant.
Tobe Lev of Egan, Lev & Siwica, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We conclude that under the facts of this case the trial court correctly concluded that the issue of whether arbitration was demanded in a timely fashion should properly be before the arbitrator for determination. See Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 537 U.S. 79, 123 S.Ct. 588, 154 L.Ed.2d 491 (2002); Piercy v. School Board of Washington County, 576 So.2d 806 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991); Graham Contracting, Inc. v. Flagler County, 444 So.2d 971 (Fla. 5th DCA), review denied, 451 So.2d 848 (Fla.1984); Rinker Portland Cement Corp. v. Seidel, 414 So.2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Public Health Trust of Dade Co. v. M.R. Harrison Constr. Corp., 415 So.2d 756 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982), review denied, 427 So.2d 737 (Fla.1983).
AFFIRMED.
THOMPSON, PLEUS and MONACO, JJ., concur.