Case Name: Harry F. KLINEFELTER, III, Appellant, v. AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-09-07
Citations: 438 So. 2d 864
Docket Number: No. 82-1547
Parties: Harry F. KLINEFELTER, III, Appellant, v. AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: DOWNEY and BERANEK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 438
Pages: 864–864

Head Matter:
Harry F. KLINEFELTER, III, Appellant, v. AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 82-1547.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 7, 1983.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 1, 1983.
Christopher B. Knox, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Richard A. Sherman of Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O’Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
HERSEY, Judge.
This appeal presents the single, simple and clear-cut issue of the effect of rendition of an arbitration award after expiration of the period established by contract or rule within which the award was required to have been rendered. The parties argue construction of documents, the effect of language and the existence of facts which might or not constitute waiver. We have considered but need not, and therefore do not, address those arguments. Clearly the arbitrators acted too late and had no jurisdiction at the time the award was rendered. The trial court thus erred in refusing to vacate the award, and we reverse on that basis and remand for further appropriate proceedings.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
DOWNEY and BERANEK, JJ., concur.