Legal Opinion
Powers v. Melick
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 1, 2017No. 4D16-2904PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Carl Powers Jr. appeals a Martin County Circuit Court order transferring his pending lawsuit to Palm Beach County Circuit Court for improper venue. This court has jurisdiction to review the non-final order. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.130(a)(3)(A). We conclude that the trial court erred in transferring venue in that a contractual venue clause authorized the filing of the lawsuit in any Florida state or federal court and provided that the parties expressly waived venue objections. Therefore, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
Appellant, Carl Powers Jr., and appel-lee, John Melick, were…
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