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Choice of Forum; Choice of Law

The Fourth Department determined a choice of forum clause must be enforced and noted the difference between choice of forum and choice of law:

Supreme Court properly granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1). According to the “Standard Terms and Conditions” of the agreement …, “[a]ny litigation arising in any way from this Agreement shall be brought in the Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania having jurisdiction.”  That forum selection clause is “ ‘prima facie valid and enforceable unless it is shown by the challenging party to be[, inter alia,] unreasonable, unjust, [or] in contravention of public policy’ ” … 

Contrary to plaintiff’s contention, the enforcement of the forum selection clause does not contravene New York public policy … .

The “Standard Terms and Conditions” also provide that “[t]he laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall govern the validity of this Agreement, its interpretation and performance,” and plaintiff contends that the enforcement of the “limitation of legal liability” provision of the agreement pursuant to Pennsylvania law violates General Obligations Law §§ 5-322.1 and 5-324 and would thus contravene New York public policy. That contention, however, concerns choice of law, not choice of forum, and it may properly be raised before a court in the forum chosen by the parties in Pennsylvania … .“[O]bjections to a choice of law clause are not a warrant for failure to enforce a choice of forum clause” … .  Erie Insurance Company of New York, … v AE Design, Inc., 337, CA 12-01549, 4th Dept. 3-22-13

 

 

 

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