Zurich Ins. Co. v. Allen
Decision Date | 06 September 1983 |
Docket Number | No. 83-1188,83-1188 |
Citation | 436 So.2d 1094 |
Parties | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign company authorized to do business in Florida, Appellant, v. Don ALLEN, Appellee. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Haddad, Josephs & Jack, Coral Gables, and Gary Gerrard, Miami, for appellant.
Proenza & White and H. Clay Roberts, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
We hold that the trial court properly refused to enforce that provision of the insurance contract between Zurich Insurance Company and Allen which requires that actions under the contract be determined only by an Ontario, Canada court 1 and affirm the order under review which denied Zurich's motion to dismiss on grounds of improper venue Allen's Monroe County action brought under the uninsured motorist provision of his policy for injuries arising out of an accident in such county.
see, e.g., M.S. Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., 407 U.S. 1, 92 S.Ct. 1907, 32 L.Ed.2d 513 (1972); Abadou v. Trad, 624 P.2d 287 (Alaska 1981); Societe Jean Nicolas et Fils v. Mousseux, 123 Ariz. 59, 597 P.2d 541 (1979); Bos Material Handling, Inc. v. Crown Controls Corp., 137 Cal.App.3d 99, 186 Cal.Rptr. 740 (1982); Funding Systems Leasing Corp. v. Diaz, 34 Conn.Sup. 99, 378 A.2d 108 (Conn.C.P.1977); Elia Corp. v. Paul N. Howard Co., 391 A.2d 214 (Del.Super.1978); Prudential Resources Corp. v. Plunkett, 583 S.W.2d 97 (Ky.App.1979); Hauenstein & Bermeister, Inc. v. Met-Fab Industries, Inc., 320 N.W.2d 886 (Minn.1982); Electrical Products Consolidated v. Bodell, 132 Mont. 243, 316 P.2d 788 (1957); Air Economy Corp. v. Aero-Flow Dynamics, 122 N.J.Super. 456, 300 A.2d 856 (N.J.Super.App.Div.1973); Export Insurance Co. v. Mitsui Steamship Co., 26 A.D.2d 436, 274 N.Y.S.2d 977 (N.Y.App.Div.1966); Reeves v. Chem Industrial Co., 262 Or. 95, 495 P.2d 729 (1972); Central Contracting Co. v. C.E. Youngdahl & Co., 418 Pa. 122, 209 A.2d 810; St. John's Episcopal Mission Center v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, 276 S.C. 507, 280 S.E.2d 207 (1978); Green v. Clinic Masters, Inc., 272 N.W.2d 813 (S.D.1978); Exum v. Vantage Press, Inc., 17 Wash.App. 477, 563 P.2d 1314 (1977); State ex rel. Kuhn v. Luchsinger, 231 Wis. 533, 286 N.W. 72 (1939); cf. Davenport Machine & Foundry Co. v. Adolph Coors Co., 314 N.W.2d 432 (Iowa 1982) ( ); see also Restatement (2d) of Conflict of Laws § 80 (1971) (), we continue to adhere to the rule announced in Huntley v. Alejandre, 139 So.2d 911 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 146 So.2d 750 (1962):
"that an agreement to limit future causes of action ... to the courts of a specific place is void as an attempt to oust the jurisdiction of all other courts over subsequent disputes arising out of the agreement." 139 So.2d at 912,
which itself commands a respectable following. See, e.g., Redwing Carriers, Inc. v. Foster, 382 So.2d 554 (Ala.1980); Cartridge Rental Network v. Video Entertainment, Inc., 132 Ga.App. 748, 209 S.E.2d 132 (1974); McCarty v. Herrick, 41 Idaho 529, 240 P. 192 (1925); Gaither v. Charlotte Motor Car Co., 182 N.C. 498, 109 S.E....
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