· 11/14/2001
Bombardier Capital Inc. v. Progressive Marketing Group, Inc.
Citations
- 801 So. 2d 131
- 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 16063
- 2001 WL 1418640
How courts have described this case
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- holding that forum selection clause, which provides “shall be brought only in a court located in the city and state of New York,” was mandatory
- noting that in order to void a forum selection clause for fraud, one must show that the clause itself is the product of fraud or that alternatively, “[t]he fraud complained of must relate to the inclusion of the clause in the contract.’ ”
- \Forum selection clauses are presumptively valid and should be enforced in the absence of a showing that enforcement would be unreasonable or unjust.\
- \The interpretation or construction of a contract is a matter of law and an appellate court is not restricted from reaching a construction contrary to that of the trial court.\
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Judges: Owen
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