Farmers Group, Inc. v. Madio & Co.

OFTEDAL, RICHARD L., Associate Judge.

Appellants, the Defendants below, appeal from a non-final order denying their motion to dismiss for improper venue. Because we find that the trial court erred in refusing to enforce a forum selection clause incorporated in the parties’ contractual agreement requiring that the Plaintiffs action be brought in California, we reverse.

Appellants are foreign corporations1 in the business of selling insurance who entered into a Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance Agent’s Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Appellee Madio & Company, Inc., a Florida…