North American Van Lines v. Collyer

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “a party who, by his own acts, prevents performance of a contract provision cannot take advantage of his own wrong”
• requiring plaintiffs to pay the initial arbitration filing fees even though the defendant asked the circuit court to stay the legal proceedings and insisted on exercising its contractual arbitration rights
• “[A] party who, by his own acts, prevents performance of a contract provision cannot take advantage of his own wrong.”
• “A court is not empowered to rewrite a clear and unambiguous provision, nor should it attempt to make an otherwise valid contract more reasonable for one of the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rollins, Inc. v. Foster
  M.D. Alabama· 1998-01-20· cited 28×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Curran
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-12-02· cited 21×
• Beverly Hills v. George Wimpey of Fla., Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-10-27· cited 20×
• Burger King Corporation v. Hinton, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2002-05-07· cited 17×
• Morrell v. Wayne Frier Manufactured Home Center
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-01-17· cited 16×
• Three Keys, Ltd. v. Kennedy Funding, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-11-20· cited 10×
• Amoco Oil Co. v. Gomez
  S.D. Florida· 2000-12-19· cited 10×
• Bill Heard Chevrolet Corp. v. Wilson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-05-07· cited 9×
• Stinson-Head, Inc. v. City of Sanibel
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-10-04· cited 8×
• KFC NAT. MANAGEMENT CO. v. Beauregard
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-06-25· cited 8×
• Zephyr Haven Health & Rehab Center, Inc. v. Hardin ex rel. Hardin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-09-27· cited 8×
• Duckworth v. Plant
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-07-25· cited 4×
• Coastal Fuels Marketing v. Leasco Inv
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-10-06· cited 3×
• Continental Florida Materials Inc. v. Kusherman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-04-25· cited 3×
• Magnum Construction Management Corp., Etc. v. City of Miami Beach
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-12-14· cited 2×
• Gren v. Gren
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-01-08· cited 2×
• Head v. Sorensen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-06-16
• Simon v. Simon
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-06-20
• Hamm v. Eckler
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-02-27
• Prospec, L.L.C. v. Mazzei
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-09-05

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Broemmer v. Abortion Services of Phoenix, Ltd.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-10-13· cited 91×
• Vic Potamkin Chevrolet, Inc. v. Bloom
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-07-15· cited 49×
• Medical Center Health Plan v. Brick
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-12-14· cited 24×
• Piercy v. SCHOOL BD. OF WASH. CTY.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-03-11· cited 19×
• Bumby & Stimpson, Inc. v. Peninsula Utilities Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1964-12-08· cited 14×
• AP Brown Co. v. Superior Court, County of Pima
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1971-11-24· cited 13×
• City of Tampa v. City of Port Tampa
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1961-02-24· cited 12×
• Larry Kent Homes v. Empire of America FSA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-08-15· cited 11×
• Kessel v. Dugand
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-06-10· cited 2×