Kely Bernardes v. Morrison Management Specialists, Inc.

Summary

The Third District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed the circuit court’s confirmation of an arbitration award in an employment-related dispute. The court relied on the absence of a timely challenge to the award, the presumption that a person signing a contract knows its contents, and the waiver of issues raised for the first time in a reply brief or not raised in the initial brief.

Holdings

1. The circuit court properly confirmed the arbitration award because no timely challenge, basis to vacate, modify, or correct the award, or viable issue outside the scope of arbitration was presented.
2. Issues raised for the first time in a reply brief or not raised in the initial brief are waived or abandoned and will not be considered.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the circuit court properly confirmed the arbitration award.
2. Whether issues raised for the first time in the reply brief or omitted from the initial brief could be considered on appeal.

Disposition

affirmed