Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. Bratton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that a party is bound by his contract and charged with knowledge of its contents
• explaining that a contract is binding “[u]nless one can show facts and circumstances to demonstrate that he was prevented from reading the contract, or that he was induced by statements of the other party to refrain from reading the contract”
• where there is no credible explanation for discrepancies between earlier testimony and later testimony, the later testimony is stricken
• \No party to a written contract in this state can defend against its enforcement on the sole ground that he signed it without reading it.\
• “It has long been held in Florida that one is bound by his contract.”
• “It has long been held in Florida that one is bound by his contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

55 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Edward and Nancy Hughes v. United Van Lines, Inc., and 291 Sisser Brothers, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-09-11· cited 173×
• Rollins, Inc. v. Heller
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-06-26· cited 110×
• Taylor v. Kenco Chemical & Mfg. Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-03-14· cited 47×
• MERRILL, LYNCH, PIERCE, ETC. v. Benton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-01-17· cited 35×
• Hall v. Burger King Corp.
  S.D. Florida· 1995-11-13· cited 33×
• Consolidated Res. Healthcare Fund I, Ltd. v. Fenelus
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-07-30· cited 31×
• US Fire Ins. Co. v. HAYDEN BONDED STORAGE
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-04-05· cited 26×
• Sabin v. Lowe's of Florida, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-09-16· cited 23×
• Onderko v. Advanced Auto Ins., Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-09-20· cited 21×
• Keller v. Reed
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-08-26· cited 21×
• Qubty v. Nagda
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-24· cited 20×
• Alejano v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEM.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-28· cited 17×
• Rocky Creek Retirement Properties, Inc. v. Estate of Fox Ex Rel. Bank of America, N.A.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-10-09· cited 16×
• Kendall Imports, LLC v. Diaz
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-02-01· cited 16×
• Philippe Calderon v. Sixt Rent A Car, LLC
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-08-15· cited 15×
• Manning v. Interfuture Trading, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-05-01· cited 13×
• ESTATE OF ETTINGS v. Regents Park at Aventura, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-10-20· cited 13×
• Kinko's, Inc. v. Payne
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-06· cited 12×
• Paul Gottlieb & Co. v. Alps South Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-12-21· cited 12×
• Swift v. North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance
  S.D. Florida· 1987-03-19· cited 11×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• All Florida Surety Company v. Coker
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-06-20· cited 40×
• American Express Co. v. United States Horse Shoe Co.
  Supreme Court· 1917-05-21· cited 33×
• Rocky Ford Moving Vans, Inc. v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1974-08-23· cited 29×
• Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. McKnab
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-04-30· cited 13×
• Sorensen-Christian Industries, Incorporated v. Railway Express Agency, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1970-11-30· cited 5×
• Elizabeth Brannon v. Smith Dray Line & Storage Company, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1972-03-01· cited 5×
• Noone v. Southern Express Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1920-01-14· cited 4×
• Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. Bratton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-04-23· cited 2×

Other cases named Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. Bratton

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. Bratton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-04-23· cited 2×