Case Name: TOWN OF LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Appellant, v. Brian BEHAN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-01-19
Citations: 629 So. 2d 1102
Docket Number: No. 92-3332
Parties: TOWN OF LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Appellant, v. Brian BEHAN, Appellee.
Judges: ANSTEAD and KLEIN JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 629
Pages: 1102–1103

Head Matter:
TOWN OF LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Appellant, v. Brian BEHAN, Appellee.
No. 92-3332.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 19, 1994.
Robert D. Soloff of Whitelock, Soloff & Rodriguez, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Bruce H. Little of Bruce H. Little, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
REVERSED. We agree with appellant that the appellee was bound by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement between the parties to submit his grievance and any request for remedies to arbitration. City of Miami v. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 20, 378 So.2d 20 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979), cert. denied, 388 So.2d 1113 (Fla.1980). Hence we find the trial court erred in ordering the appellee reinstated to his employment with full back pay. If the appellee seeks further relief, he must proceed under the terms for arbitration set out in the parties' agreement. Air Conditioning Equip., Inc. v. Rogers, 551 So.2d 554 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). Only upon the entry of an order from the arbitrator may the authority of the court be invoked to enforce its terms.
ANSTEAD and KLEIN JJ., concur.
FARMER, J., dissents with opinion.