FARMERS GROUP, INC. v. MADIO & CO., INC.

No. 4D03-1275.

869 So.2d 581 (2004)

FARMERS GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation, Truck Underwriters Association d/b/a Truck Insurance Exchange, a California corporation, Appellants, v. MADIO & COMPANY, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy W. Gregoire and Richard T. Woulfe of Bunnell, Woulfe, Kirschbaum, Keller, McIntyre & Gregoire, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Paul O. Lopez of Tripp Scott, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


OFTEDAL, RICHARD L., Associate Judge.

Appellants, the Defendants below, appeal from a non-final order denying their motion to dismiss for improper venue. Because we find that the trial court erred in refusing to enforce a forum selection clause incorporated in the parties' contractual agreement requiring that the Plaintiff's action be brought in California, we reverse.

Appellants are foreign corporations1 in the business of selling...

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