Security Credit Leasing, Inc. v. Armaly

HOWARD, Judge:

Abed N. Armaly appeals the enforcement in South Carolina of a Florida default judgment based on the foreign court’s lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PRQCEBURAL BACKGROUND

Armaly owns a restaurant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. A representative of Security Credit Leasing, Inc., a Florida corporation, approached Armaly at his restaurant in December of 1996 to solicit business. Armaly entered into a four-year lease with Security Credit for video surveillance equipment. The two-page lease contains an “Applicable Law and Venue” clause which provides:

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