AMERICAN V. GORIN

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2002 AMERICAN PIONEER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ** ** Appellant, ** vs. CASE NO. 3D01-2392 ** JACOBO GORIN, ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 00-26430 Appellee. ** Opinion filed August 14, 2002. An Appeal from a Non-Final Order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Celeste Hardee Muir, Judge. Harnett Lesnick & Ripps and Judith A. Ripps (Boca Raton); Judith H. Hayes, for appellant. Mintz, Truppman, Clein & Higer and Michael J. Higer; Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin and Brenton N. Ver Ploeg and Jason S. Mazer, for appellee. Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ. PER CURIAM. American Pioneer Life Insurance Company appeals an order denying its motion to compel arbitration. We reverse on the authority of Benefit Ass n Int l, Inc. v. Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Ctr., 816 So. 2d 164 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002). Gorin s argument as to the McCarran-Ferguson Insurance Regulation Act, 15 U.S.C. ยงยง 1011 - 1015, is without merit; Gorin failed to demonstrate that application of the [Federal Arbitration Act] would invalidate, impair, or supercede a particular state law that regulates the business of insurance. American Heritage Life Ins. Co. v. Orr, 2002 WL 1306188 at *4 (5th Cir. June 14, 2002). Reversed and remanded. -2-

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