trial on all issues against all defendants in a case having multiple and alternative claims against multiple defendants. Certainly there is nothing about the term trial de novo that suggests such a result. The phrase simply refers to a proceeding that begins anew, not to the range of the issues so tried. Nothing in the structure and purpose of the statute purports to mandate an omnibus trial in a multi-issue, multi-party case where the adverse parties to discrete claims have failed to request a trial after non-binding arbitration.... Each claim by this plaintiff against each separate defendant stands alone and can be treated ... entirely separate from and alternative to the other claims. Id. at 1239-40 (emphasis in original). See also Venetoff v. Papas, 732 So.2d 453 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999) (<HOLDING>). The request for trial de novo in the present
holding plaintiffs motion for trial de novo of award in counterclaim only but not of damages awarded in main cause of action was not void and remanding for a trial de novo of both the main cause of action and the counterclaim holding that review of the construction of a sentencing statute is de novo holding that appellant was entitled to a de novo review however he was not entitled to a de novo review of an argument never raised recognizing de novo standard of review holding that the proper review for the trial courts application of the law is de novo