ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD. v. CLARKE

No. 3D14-871.

148 So.3d 155 (2014)

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD., Appellant, v. Jeanette CLARKE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 8, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mase Lara, P.A., Curtis J. Mase and Valentina M. Tejera and Cameron W. Eubanks , Miami, for appellant.

Goldstein and Goldstein, and Phillip J. Goldstein , Miami, for appellee.

Before WELLS, EMAS and FERNANDEZ, JJ.


FERNANDEZ, J.

Royal Caribbean Cruises, LTD. appeals the trial court's order denying its motion to dismiss for improper venue. We reverse because Royal Caribbean reasonably communicated to appellee Jeanette Clarke the forum selection clause of the ticket contract before she boarded the vessel, and Royal Caribbean had no obligation to remove the case to federal court.

On October 9, 2013, Clarke, a passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean vessel, filed a negligence...

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