Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2003

Carnival Corp. v. Woerner

Carnival Corp. v. Woerner
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 14, 2003 · Altenbernd, Covington, Northcutt
843 So. 2d 1047; 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 7007; 2003 WL 21071053 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Carnival Corp. v. Woerner

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

This case presents the same issue we recently decided in Norwegian Cruise Line, Ltd. v. Clark, 841 So.2d 547 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), where the trial court denied transfer of venue based on a forum selection clause in a form cruise ticket contract. In Norwegian, we joined the majority of jurisdictions to find that such clause is enforceable, despite the fact that the passengers had only a short time to reject the form ticket contract if the venue provision had been objectionable to them but took the cruise nevertheless. The facts of this case do not distinguish it from Norwegian. Therefore, we reverse with instructions to transfer this case to the venue specified in the cruise ticket contract.

Reversed and remanded with instructions.

*1048ALTENBERND, C.J., and NORTHCUTT and COVINGTON, JJ., Concur.

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