Case Name: Robert K. KESSEL, Jerry S. Woods, Edwin H. Chamberlain, and Down East Development, Inc., Appellants, v. Roberto DUGAND, Humberto Valdez, Dilys Corp., MBA Investments, Inc., etc., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-01-29
Citations: 481 So. 2d 1004
Docket Number: No. 85-827
Parties: Robert K. KESSEL, Jerry S. Woods, Edwin H. Chamberlain, and Down East Development, Inc., Appellants, v. Roberto DUGAND, Humberto Valdez, Dilys Corp., MBA Investments, Inc., etc., et al., Appellees.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN, HURLEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 481
Pages: 1004–1004

Head Matter:
Robert K. KESSEL, Jerry S. Woods, Edwin H. Chamberlain, and Down East Development, Inc., Appellants, v. Roberto DUGAND, Humberto Valdez, Dilys Corp., MBA Investments, Inc., etc., et al., Appellees.
No. 85-827.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 29, 1986.
Gary S. Blake of Peckar, Abramson & Pershes, Boca Raton, for appellants.
Russell L. Forkey and Cara L. Eisenberg of Russell L. Forkey, P.A., Fort Lauder-dale, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellants' non-final appeal, which we treat as a petition for certiorari, see Vic Potamkin Chevrolet, Inc. v. Bloom, 386 So.2d 286 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. Beaver, 355 So.2d 441 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); see also Beemik Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. Huber Plumbing, Inc., 476 So.2d 780 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), challenges the trial court's refusal to compel arbitration of a punitive damage claim by reserving jurisdiction to decide that issue while referring the remainder of the related issues to arbitration. On the authority of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Melamed, 453 So.2d 858 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), aff'd, 476 So.2d 140 (Fla.1985), we grant the writ and quash the reservation of jurisdiction provision.
GLICKSTEIN, HURLEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.