THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS A. RAMSEY, BY AND THROUGH RALPH E. RAMSEY, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE vs NORTHPORT HEALTH SERVICES OF FLORIDA, LLC, NHS MANAGEMENT, LLC AND RANDALL G. BLUE AS TO WEST MELBOURNE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS A. RAMSEY, BY AND THROUGH RALPH E. RAMSEY, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D17-3906 NORTHPORT HEALTH SERVICES OF FLORIDA, LLC, NHS MANAGEMENT, LLC, AND RANDALL G. BLUE (AS TO WEST MELBOURNE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER), Appellees. ________________________________/ Opinion filed November 30, 2018 Non-Final Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Stephen R. Koons, Judge. Megan L. Gisclar and Joanna Greber Detloff, of Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant. Christopher B. Hopkins and Mary F. April, of McDonald Hopkins, LLC, West Palm Beach, for Appellees. PER CURIAM. The Estate of Phyllis A. Ramsey (“the Estate”) brought a nursing home abuse and neglect action against the Appellees. The Estate challenges a non-final order granting Appellees’ motion to compel arbitration. We affirm the trial court’s order compelling arbitration, but remand with instructions to sever from the arbitration agreement the provision applying the Alabama Rules of Evidence to the admissibility of evidence at the arbitration hearing. See Northport Health Servs. of Fla., LLC v. Louis, 240 So. 3d 120, 123 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018) (holding that provision of rehabilitation center’s admission agreement that Alabama Rules of Evidence apply to arbitration hearing was unenforceable, but provision was severable from remainder of agreement). We decline to address the other argument raised on appeal by the Estate. See, e.g., Aills v. Boemi, 29 So. 3d 1105, 1109 (Fla. 2010) (stating that specific legal ground upon which claim is based must be raised at trial and, except in cases of fundamental error, claim different than that will not be heard on appeal). AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; and REMANDED. EVANDER, WALLIS and HARRIS, JJ., concur. 2
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