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Vittorio BOERI, Appellant, v. ATTEL BANK INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Appellee.
    No. 97-3196.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    June 10, 1998.
    Rehearing Denied July 15, 1998.
    Stickney & Sutter and Howard T. Sutter, Key Biscayne, for appellant.
    Whisenand & Turner and James D. Whise-nand, Miami, for appellee.
    Before COPE, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

In the underlying action filed by Attel Bank International, Ltd. [the bank], to foreclose on several promissory notes, the defendant, Vittorio Boeri, appeals from an adverse final summary judgment and from an amended final summary judgment. We affirm.

A review of the record shows that any genuine issues of material fact raised by Boeri’s affirmative defense of lack of consideration were resolved by his own deposition testimony wherein he admitted that a dispute arose between himself and the bank regarding some losses, that both he and the bank had a good faith belief that the bank had a legal claim against him, that he executed the promissory notes in question, and that the bank forbore from filing a civil claim against him. Based on the foregoing facts, the bank was entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Citibank Int'l v. Mercogliano, 574 So.2d 1190, 1191 (Fla. 3d DCA)(“It is well settled Florida law that forbearance from pursuing a legal remedy, where the promisee has a bona fide belief that a viable legal right exists, constitutes valid consideration for an agreement which benefits the promisor.”), review denied, 584 So.2d 999 (Fla.1991).

The defendant’s other point lacks merit.

Accordingly, we affirm.

GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ., concur.

COPE, Judge,

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

Reading the summary judgment record in the light most favorable to defendant-appellant as the nonmoving party, there is a disputed issue of material fact regarding what constituted the consideration for the notes, and whether that consideration was received. I would reverse the summary judgment on that basis.

I concur regarding the remaining point on appeal.