Publix Supermarkets, Inc. v. Jo-Ann Bejarano

2025-0468Fladistctapp4

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D ISTRICT C OURT OF A PPEAL O F T HE STATE OF F LORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC.,
Appellant,
v.
JO-ANN BEJARANO,
Appellee.
No. 4D2025-0468
[November 19, 2025]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit,
Broward 	County; 	Michele 	Towbin 	Singer, 	Judge; 	L.T. 	Case 	No.
CACE24009165.
Victoria 	S. 	Luna 	of 	Burger, 	Meyer 	& 	D’Angelo, 	LLP, 	Orlando, 	for
appellant.
Douglas Eaton of Eaton & Wolk, P.L., Miami, for appellee.
ON CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM .
Publix 	Supermarkets, 	Inc. 	appeals 	from 	the 	circuit 	court’s 	order
denying its motion to compel arbitration and stay judicial proceedings, and
the subsequent denial of its motion for rehearing. 	Appellee, Jo-Ann
Bejarano, filed a confession of error 	conceding that, per 	the subject
arbitration agreement, “the order denying arbitration should be reversed.”
We agree.
Based on the proper confession of error, we reverse the circuit court’s
order and remand for further proceedings.
Reversed and Remanded.
KUNTZ , C.J., C IKLIN and SHEPHERD, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT

PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC.,
Appellant,

Vv.

JO-ANN BEJARANO,
Appellee.

No. 4D2025-0468
[November 19, 2025]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit,
Broward County; Michele Towbin Singer, Judge; L.T. Case No.
CACE24009165.

Victoria S. Luna of Burger, Meyer & D’Angelo, LLP, Orlando, for
appellant.

Douglas Eaton of Eaton & Wolk, P.L., Miami, for appellee.
ON CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.

Publix Supermarkets, Inc. appeals from the circuit court’s order
denying its motion to compel arbitration and stay judicial proceedings, and
the subsequent denial of its motion for rehearing. Appellee, Jo-Ann
Bejarano, filed a confession of error conceding that, per the subject
arbitration agreement, “the order denying arbitration should be reversed.”

We agree.

Based on the proper confession of error, we reverse the circuit court’s
order and remand for further proceedings.

Reversed and Remanded.

KUNTZ, C.J., CIKLIN and SHEPHERD, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.

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