OLA LEE LABON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Ware Else, Inc. v. Ofstein, 856 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
  …tate have frequently recognized that a decision interpreting a contract provision, including a provision for forum selection, presents an issue of law that is reviewable by the de novo standard of review. See, e.g., Bovis Homes, Inc. v. Chmielewski, 827 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002); Benefit Ass’n Intern., Inc. v. Mount Sinai Comprehensive, 816 So. 2d 164 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002); Kerr Const. v. Peters Contracting, Inc., 767 So. 2d 610 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000); Carr v. Stetson, 741 So. 2d 567 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). The re…
• Am. Safety Cas. Ins. Co. v. Mijares Holding Co., LLC, 76 So. 3d 1089 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011)
  …ey govern all suits seeking to enforce or interpret the contracts. These other two claims relate to the validity of the entire contract, and thus must be submitted to the forum chosen by the parties in the contract. Bovis Homes, Inc. v. Chmielewski, 827 So. 2d 1038, 1039 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) (“We further conclude ... that the mandatory venue selection provision of [*1093] the contract applies to the Chmielweskis’ fraudulent misrepresentation claim as well.”); Business Aide Computers, Inc. v. Cent. Fla. Mack Truc…
• Greenstreet Mgmt., Inc. v. Barker, 833 So. 2d 183 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)
  …selection clause in a contract is said to be a “mandatory forum selection clause” if it states that any litigation must, or shall, be initiated in a specified forum). Additionally, the language is not ambiguous. See Bovis Homes, Inc. v. Chmielewski, 827 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)(holding that forum selection clause in home purchase agreement, which stated that venue for any action arising out of the agreement “shall be in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county or the district where the principal p…

Authorities Cited

• Collins v. State, 766 So. 2d 1009 (Fla. 2000)