Opinion
No. 3D21-1172
04-06-2022
Martin Lustgarten ACHERMAN, Appellant, v. HISCOX INSURANCE SERVICES (GUERNSEY) LIMITED, etc., et al., Appellees.
Osorio Internacional, P.A., and Carlos F. Osorio, Warren D. Zaffuto and Andres F. Rey, for appellant. Simon, Reed & Salazar, P.A., and Michael Simon ; Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., and Elizabeth K. Russo, for appellee Hiscox Insurance Services (Guernsey) Limited.
Osorio Internacional, P.A., and Carlos F. Osorio, Warren D. Zaffuto and Andres F. Rey, for appellant.
Simon, Reed & Salazar, P.A., and Michael Simon ; Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., and Elizabeth K. Russo, for appellee Hiscox Insurance Services (Guernsey) Limited.
Before LINDSEY, HENDON and GORDO, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. Manrique v. Fabbri, 493 So. 2d 437, 440 (Fla. 1986) (" ‘[C]ourts possess discretion to decline to exercise jurisdiction in recognition of the parties’ free and voluntary choice of a different forum.’ " (quoting Smith, Valentino & Smith, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 17 Cal. 3d 491, 495, 131 Cal.Rptr. 374, 551 P.2d 1206 (1976) )); Farmers Grp., Inc. v. Madio & Co., Inc., 869 So. 2d 581, 582 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (stating the court will "not preclude enforcement of an otherwise valid forum selection clause where ... there is a significant and obvious nexus between the claim and the Agreement"); World Vacation Travel, S.A., de C.V. v. Brooker, 799 So. 2d 410, 412 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001) (enforcing a forum selection clause where the appellees claims were not severable from the agreement, and the claims arose solely out of the agreement).