· 4/20/2000
Iero v. Mohawk Finishing Products, Inc.
Citations
- 534 S.E.2d 136
- 243 Ga. App. 670
- 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 2102
- 2000 Ga. App. LEXIS 525
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- declining to consider public policy argument when plaintiff failed to demonstrate that enforcement of forum selection clause would result in application of contractual forum’s law in manner that violated Georgia public policy
- declining to consider public policy argument when plaintiff failed to demonstrate that enforcement of forum selection clause would result in application of contractual forum = s law in manner that violated Georgia public policy
- to contravene public policy, forum selection clause must “be damaging to the forum itself, not simply damaging to the litigants because of an unfavorable law in the selected forum”
- forum selection clause providing that actions stemming from an agreement “ ‘shall be instituted, prosecuted, and maintained’ ” in Montgomery County, New York, made bringing suit there mandatory
- forum selection clause providing that actions arising out of agreement “ ‘shall be instituted, prosecuted, and maintained’ ” in Montgomery County, New York, made bringing suit there mandatory
- to contravene public policy, forum selection clause must “be damaging to the forum itself, not simply damaging to the litigants because of an unfavorable law in the selected forum”
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Judges: Ruffin, Andrews, Ellington
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