Dorilton Capital Management LLC v. Claudia Schwarz
The Third DCA reversed the trial court's denial of Dorilton's motion to dismiss, holding that a mandatory New York forum selection clause in a public relations agreement applied to slander claims brought by Schwarz individually against Dorilton, notwithstanding that the formal signatories were their respective corporate entities. The court applied both the law of the case doctrine from its prior ruling in Williams IP Holdings, LLC v. Schwarz, 394 So. 3d 199 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024), and independently held that broadly-worded forum selection clauses bind non-signatories when tort claims arise directly from the contractual relationship.
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