TECO BARGE LINE, INC. v. HAGAN

No. 2D08-4743.

15 So.3d 863 (2009)

TECO BARGE LINE, INC., and U.S. United Barge Line, LLC, successor in interest to TECO Barge Line, Inc., Appellants, v. Jarrod M. HAGAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. McCreadie, Eddie G. Godwin and Douglas R. Williams of Lau, Lane, Pieper, Conley & McCreadie, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.

Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, and Bob Vaughan of Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.


KHOUZAM, Judge.

TECO Barge Line, Inc., and U.S. United Barge Line, LLC, appeal a nonfinal order denying their motion to dismiss Jarrod M. Hagan's complaint for improper venue.1 Because a mandatory forum selection provision requires Mr. Hagan to bring this lawsuit in specified forums outside of Florida, we reverse.

United Barge is a Florida limited liability company that operates barges on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from its...

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