In Re Automated Collection Technologies, Inc.

The trial court denied a motion to enforce a contractual agreement requiring the parties to litigate all disputes in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. We recently held that failure to enforce such an agreement constitutes a clear abuse of discretion for which there is no adequate remedy by appeal. 1 We therefore conditionally grant a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to dismiss this case.

Professional Systems ' Corporation (PSC), a Pennsylvania corporation, sued Automated Collection Technologies, Inc., a Texas corporation, for failure to pay for services rendered pursuant to a written…