Lion Gables Realty Ltd. v. Randall Mechanical, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a finding of the validity and existence of a contract must come before an analysis of third parties
• holding that right to arbitrate was waived by propounding discovery directed to the merits of pending litigation before moving to compel arbitration
• stating that the issue of whether a valid written agreement to arbitrate exists “necessarily involves a determination of whether a valid agreement exists between the parties”
• holding discovery request, which went to merits of arbitrable issue, waived arbitration
• finding subcontractors had waived the right to arbitration by participating in merits discovery—including requesting “copies of all material furnished in response to a production request directed to non-party”
• \The law in Florida is clear that a party's participation in merits discovery constitutes a waiver of arbitration.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).