Case Name: BARDINELLA DESIGNS, INC., Appellant, v. SPIRIT CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-04-20
Citations: 524 So. 2d 703
Docket Number: No. 87-3347
Parties: BARDINELLA DESIGNS, INC., Appellant, v. SPIRIT CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellee.
Judges: DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 524
Pages: 703–704

Head Matter:
BARDINELLA DESIGNS, INC., Appellant, v. SPIRIT CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellee.
No. 87-3347.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 20, 1988.
Rehearing Denied May 31, 1988.
Howard Todd Jaffe of Kaplan, Jaffe and Gates, P.A., Hollywood, for appellant.
Larry R. Leiby of Leiby and Elder, Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
GUNTHER, Judge.
We reverse. The trial court erred in granting Spirit Construction, Inc.'s motion to dismiss and to compel arbitration. Compelling arbitration was improper since Bar-dinella Designs, Inc., sought a declaratory judgment that the contract was invalid and the validity of the contract had not yet been determined. Caltagirone v. School Board of Hernando County, 355 So.2d 873 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978); R.B.F. Management Company v. Sunshine Towers Apartment Residences Association, 352 So.2d 561 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ" concur.