Legal Opinion
Converting/Biophile Laboratories, Inc. v. Ludlow Composites Corp.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided August 23, 2006No. 2005AP1628PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNettesheim, J.
¶ 1. Converting/Biophile Laboratories, Inc. (CBL) appeals from an order dismissing its complaint against Ludlow Composites Corporation and D.C. Henning, Inc. The circuit court dismissed CBL's action as improvidently commenced in Wisconsin because it read a forum-selection provision in Ludlow's invoices to CBL as mandating that all claims resulting from the parties' commercial transaction be brought in Ohio. We disagree. We read the clauses as permissive, not mandatory. We reverse and remand for further proceedings on CBL's complaint.
BACKGROUND
¶ 2. Typically on review of a motion to dismiss,…
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