SWAROVSKI NORTH AMERICA LTD. v. HOUSE OF CHINA, CRYSTAL & SILVER, INC.

No. 4D02-3907.

848 So.2d 452 (2003)

SWAROVSKI NORTH AMERICA, LTD., a Rhode Island corporation, and Swarovski Retail Ventures Ltd., Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, Appellants, v. HOUSE OF CHINA, CRYSTAL & SILVER, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Little, III, P.A., and Barbara Bolton Litten of Steel Hector & Davis LLP, West Palm Beach, for appellants Swarovski North America, Ltd. and Swarovski Retail Ventures, Ltd., Inc.

Laurence T. Adelman and Jeffrey A. Adelman of Laurence T. Adelman, P.A., Coral Springs, for appellee House of China, Crystal & Silver, Inc.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a non-final order denying the appellants' motion to dismiss for improper venue.1 The motion was based on a mandatory forum selection clause contained in the contract document out of which this litigation arose. The clause required any judicial proceeding arising therefrom to be brought only in a court located in the State of Rhode Island. We reverse.

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