Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...Once the arbitration is completed, the trial court may on motion of either party dissolve the stay order and proceed to confirm, vacate, or modify the award in accordance with Sections 682.12-682.14, F.S. 1971, F.S.A., and to enter a judgment in accordance with Section 682.15, F.S....

...4th DCA 1973). Nevertheless, procedures do exist for confirming, vacating, or modifying arbitrator's awards. See Sections 682.12, 682.13, and 682.14, Florida Statutes (1975). Provision is also made for the costs of these subsequent court proceedings. Section 682.15, Florida Statutes (1975)....

...Once the arbitration is completed, the trial court may on motion of either party dissolve the stay order and proceed to confirm, vacate, or modify the award in accordance with Sections 682.12-682.14, F.S. 1971, F.S.A., and to enter a judgment in accordance with Section 682.15, F.S....

...In the absence of a refusal to abide by the trial court's judgment, [3] it was error to impose a mechanic's lien and award of attorney fees attributable to the arbitration previously conducted. A question remains as to whether any costs, excluding attorney fees, should have been awarded pursuant to Section 682.15 of the Arbitration Code....

...tion recovery of attorney fees incurred in arbitration. It should be noted, however, that costs associated with the application for either confirmation, vacation and/or modification and the proceedings subsequent thereto may be awarded by the court. § 682.15, Fla....

...Once the arbitration is completed, the trial court may on motion of either party dissolve the stay order and proceed to confirm, vacate or modify the award in accordance with Sections 682.12-682.14, F.S. 1971, F.S.A., and to enter a judgment in accordance with Section 682.15, F.S....

...Since the arbitrator could have awarded costs, the lump sum arbitration award bars McDaniel from seeking arbitration costs in addition to the award. By contrast, McDaniel could recover the costs incurred in the proceeding brought to seek a judicial confirmation of the arbitration award. Section 682.15, Florida Statutes (1979), provides that the "[c]osts of the application [for confirmation of the arbitration award] and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, and disbursements may be awarded by the court." We note that although McDaniel's motion was styled a "Motion for Final Judgment," the motion was essentially an application for confirmation of the arbitrator's award and for a judgment in conformity therewith pursuant to Sections 682.12 [3] and 682.15, Florida Statutes (1979)....

...§ 682.12: Upon application of a party to the arbitration, the court shall confirm an award, unless within the time limits hereinafter imposed grounds are urged for vacating or modifying or correcting the award, in which case the court shall proceed as provided in §§ 682.13 and 682.14. [4] Fla. Stat. § 682.15: Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be enforced as any other judgment or decree....

...greement to arbitrate. We also point out that as a practical matter the arbitration process will offer the opportunity for judicial involvement in the partnership dissolution. FAC section 682.12 provides for confirmation of an arbitration award, and section 682.15 provides for the entry of judgment on a confirmed award....

...The Comeau court, citing cases to the effect that UM coverage should not be whittled away by exclusions and exceptions, ruled that a provision in an arbitration clause requiring each party to bear his own costs is an invalid attempt to reduce statutory UM coverage. Relying on another statute, section 682.15, Florida Statutes, [2] the Comeau court commented that a court may always tax costs against an insurance company in arbitration concerning UM coverage; accordingly, the insured was entitled to an award of fees and properly sought them by a motion to tax costs....

...(1987), unchanged since Meade was decided, provides: Unless otherwise provided in the agreement or provision for arbitration, the arbitrators' and umpire's expenses and fees, together with other expenses, not including counsel fees, incurred in the conduct of the arbitration, shall be paid as provided in the award. [2] Section 682.15, Fla....

...under section 682.14, Florida Statute (1982). The cases [3] cited by appellant hold that only where a party seeks an award of arbitrator's fees, the award of such fees must be made in the award itself or after a timely petition to modify the award. Section 682.15, Florida Statutes (1982), provides in part: Costs of the application [for arbitration] and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, and disbursements may be awarded by the court....

...d not appealable. Under the unique circumstances of this case, we grant appellant thirty (30) days to obtain and file a final order with this court. [1] In response to our show cause order, appellant raises a perceived inconsistency between sections 682.15 and 682.16, Florida Statutes (1995) and section 682.20(1)(c), Florida Statutes (1995). Sections 682.15 and 682.16 require that a judgment be entered on an order confirming an arbitration award; whereas, section 682.20(1)(c), Florida Statutes (1995) provides that an appeal may be taken, "in the manner and to the same extent as from orders or judgments in a civil action," from "[a]n order confirming ......

...s disposed of by the order and whether a question remains open for judicial determination"). Here, the arbitration statute clearly anticipates that, following confirmation of an award, additional judicial work (i.e., entry of a judgment) will occur. § 682.15, Fla....

...City of Boynton Beach, 89 So.3d 960 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012) (“The language of section 682.12 is mandatory — the court must confirm the arbitration award unless a motion to vacate or modify has been filed within ninety days of delivery of the award.”). Section 682.15, Florida Statutes (2011), provides: Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be enforced as any other judgment or decree....

...ment to arbitrate. We also point out that as a practical matter the arbitration process will offer the opportunity for judicial involvement in the partnership dissolution. FAC section 682.12 provides for confirmation of an arbitration award, [3] and section 682.15 provides for the entry of judgment on a confirmed award....

...r imposed grounds are urged for vacating or modifying or correcting the award, in which case the court shall proceed as provided in So.2d. 682.13 and 682.14."). As this section shows, an award may also be vacated, corrected or modified, as well. [4] § 682.15 Fla....

...That the order is not final is plain from reading the Florida Arbitration *119 Code. [1] The code specifically provides that upon "the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be enforced as any other judgment or decree." § 682.15, Fla....

...There is no rule promulgated by the supreme court that authorizes review of orders confirming or modifying arbitration awards. Such decisions of the circuit court become subject to review in the district courts of appeal only upon entry of the final judgment referenced in section 682.15, Florida Statutes....

...Instead, appellants remain contingently liable, which contingency will mature should any future payment not be timely made. We have also previously concluded that, to the extent not inconsistent with section 766.106, the provisions of the Arbitration Code apply in this case. In relevant part, section 682.15 states that, "[u]pon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be enforced as any other judgment or decree." We see no inconsistency between section 682.15 and section 766.106....

...directs the entry of such an order, on application of a party, unless statutory grounds for rejecting or vacating the award are present. None such grounds (as set out in § 682.13 Fla. Stat., F.S.A.) were presented. Further, the entry of judgment on a confirmed arbitration award is automatic, being so directed by § 682.15 Fla....

...rd, incorporated into an order of court. As such, I believe that, *572 as a matter of law, the conflicting contentions over its meaning may be resolved only by the entity which promulgated what the parties are now arguing about, the court itself. As section 682.15, Florida Statutes (1983) provides: Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, the judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be enforced as any other judgment or decree....

...Noriega, 542 So.2d 1327, 1328 (Fla.1989). When an arbitration award encompasses the issues submitted to arbitration and the arbitrators have committed no conduct proscribed by the arbitration statute, the award operates as a final and conclusive judgment. Id. at 1328; see also § 682.15....

...ss within the time limits imposed grounds are urged for vacating or modifying or correcting the award. Here there was an application by the claimant for confirmation of the award, with no request for the award to be vacated or modified or corrected. Section 682.15 thereof provides that upon confirming an award the court shall enter judgment thereon in accordance with the *1391 award....

...That is what the court did by the judgment entered on July 26, 1977. We are impelled to conclude, as appellant contends, that the subsequent order and the judgment, each of which was entered on July 28, 1977, were not judgments in conformity to the award, and were not in conformity to said Section 682.15, Florida Statutes (1975)....

...The Arbitral Award also held enforceable Rule 2a of the Amended Rules and Regulations promulgated by MXA (requiring the Developer, when conducting special events on the Property, to provide Appellants with proof of insurance). Pursuant to section 682.15, Florida Statutes, the Arbitral Award was confirmed in a final judgment rendered by the trial court in May 2014. 1“Regular Hours” is defined by the Settlement Agreement and its incorporated documents as “the hours during whic...

...The Florida Arbitration Code provides, in relevant part, that “[u]pon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be enforced as any other judgment or decree.” § 682.15, Fla....

...4 Thus, the Insureds argued that *37 because State Farm did not apply to vacate, modify, or correct the appraisal award within ninety days, the trial court was compelled to grant their Petition to Confirm and enter final judgment in their favor. See § 682.15, Fla....

as the “Revised Florida Arbitration Code.” Section 682.015, irrelevant to the issue before us, governs

as the “Revised Florida Arbitration Code.” Section 682.015, irrelevant to the issue before us, governs

Code apply in this case. In relevant part, section 682.15 states that, “[u]pon the granting of an order

...Its delayed counterclaim was not barred from arbitration; it was simply referred to a separate arbitration. On remand the trial court must enter an order confirming the arbitrator's award and a judgment conforming with the arbitrator's award. Since such a judgment is "enforced as any other judgment or decree," section 682.15, Florida Statutes (1987), the trial court does have authority to stay execution on the judgment during the pendency of the second arbitration if Architectural Concepts provides a bond or otherwise establishes "good cause." Fla....

mandatory provisions of section 682.03. Under section 682.015, a party to a pending civil action involving

...We affirmed the final summary judgment in 2020. Aviation Performance Solutions, L.L.C. v. Matthews, 298 So. 3d 619 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020). We also awarded attorney’s fees to Matthews, conditioned on the trial court determining he was entitled to fees based on section 682.15, Florida Statutes (2019). At a subsequent hearing, the trial court determined that Matthews was entitled to fees for the appeal as well as fees in the circuit court action pursuant to section 682.15 as well as his offer of settlement....

...of any further proceedings in arbitration or appeal. The attorneys’ affidavits filed in response to the motion for summary judgment show that reversal of the fee judgment on appeal was a practically non-existent outcome, as the award was both pursuant to section 682.15 and Matthews’ offer of judgment....

...This court issued an order for Ms. Ross to show cause why the action should not be dismissed as an appeal from a nonfinal, nonappealable order. Having received responses, we conclude that the appeal should be dismissed. Section 682.15 states that "[u]pon granting an order confirming ....

in conformity with the arbitration award. See § 682.15, Fla. Stat. (1993); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Langston

has the authority to overturn the award.”); § 682.015(1), Fla. Stat. (2022) (providing that “a petition

...After a final hearing, the arbitration panel issued the arbitral award which provided that “BCE fulfilled its conveyance obligations” through its deed tender and concluded that MXA’s demand for additional property and refusal to accept the deed was not justified. Pursuant to section 682.15, Florida Statutes, the arbitral award was confirmed in a final judgment rendered by the trial court in May 2014....

...This cause is before the Court on appeal from an "Order Vacating Arbitrator's Award," dated April 11, 2008. This order is not appealable as a final order because it vacates a portion of the arbitrator's award without entering judgment thereon. See § 682.15, Fla....

“enforced as any other judgment or decree,” see section 682.15, Florida Statutes (2005), the trial court has

...First, for purposes of this appeal, section 682.015(1), Florida Statutes (2020), provides that a petition for judicial review of an arbitrator's award "must be made to the court and heard in the manner provided by law or rule of court for making and hearing motions." Section 682.15, the second statutory provision, demands that when the circuit court enters an order, as was done here, confirming the arbitration award, "the court shall enter a judgment in conformity" with the arbitration award....

...award or presentation of a viable issue to the trial court which had not been submitted to arbitration, the trial court was correct in confirming the arbitration award and entering final judgment in favor of Wachovia." (citing Meade, 423 So. 2d at 908)). And pursuant to section 682.15(1), "[u]pon granting an order confirming ....

and costs as the prevailing party pursuant to section 682.15. Lyons Heritage filed a response in opposition