6 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 720d

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Defendant waived right to arbitration by refusing to arbitrate

MEDICAL EVALUATION CENTERS, INC. (as Assignee of Richard Orlando), Plaintiff, v. COLONIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, Defendant. County Court in and for Hillsborough County, Civil Division. Case No. 99-2970 CC. May 26, 1999. Charlotte Anderson, Judge. Counsel: Meena M. Lopez, Patrick and Lopez, Tampa, for Plaintiff. Kari A. Metzger, for Defendant.

ORDER

THIS CAUSE having come on before the Court on Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration on May 4, 1999, and the Court having heard argument of counsel and being fully advised in the premises, it is,

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration is denied. Defendant refused to arbitrate and thereby waived its right to arbitration.

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