District Court of Appeal of Florida,Fourth District.
AFFINITY INTERNET, INC., d/b/a SkyNetWEB, Appellant, v. CONSOLIDATED CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICES, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.
No. 4D05-1193.
Decided: March 1, 2006
This is an appeal from an order denying appellant's motion to compel arbitration. The issue before us is whether the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion to compel arbitration without an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the contract contained a valid agreement to arbitrate. We hold the trial court did not err and affirm the order of the trial court.
Consolidated Credit Counseling Services, Inc. (Consolidated) and Affinity Internet, Inc., d/b/a/ SkyNetWEB (Affinity) entered into a contract pursuant to which Affinity was to provide computer and web hosting internet services to Consolidated. Some time later, Consolidated filed a complaint against Affinity alleging breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraud in the inducement, and Violation of Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. Affinity responded with a motion to compel arbitration and to stay discovery and further proceedings in the circuit court, asserting that all of Consolidated's claims arose out of the contractual relationship and were, therefore, subject to arbitration.