Case Name: Richard SPERANDIO, Appellant, v. William ORTMAN, individually, and AAA Telephone Repair Service, Inc., a Florida corporation, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-02-23
Citations: 752 So. 2d 1233
Docket Number: No. 3D99-1713
Parties: Richard SPERANDIO, Appellant, v. William ORTMAN, individually, and AAA Telephone Repair Service, Inc., a Florida corporation, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before FLETCHER and SORONDO, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 752
Pages: 1233–1233

Head Matter:
Richard SPERANDIO, Appellant, v. William ORTMAN, individually, and AAA Telephone Repair Service, Inc., a Florida corporation, et al., Appellees.
No. 3D99-1713.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 23, 2000.
Rehearing Denied March 29, 2000.
Ferdie and Gouz, and Ainslee R. Ferdie, Miami, for appellant.
William E. Cassidy, Miami, for appel-lees.
Before FLETCHER and SORONDO, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We agree with the trial judge's underlying premise that the action was not maintainable in Florida due to the forum selection clause contained within the instrument sued on. Our concern, however, is that by awarding summary final judgment in ap-pellees' favor, the order under review may be interpreted as having a preclusive effect upon appellant's attempt to assert the action in the proper forum. For this reason we treat the order in appellees' favor as though it had been entered on the outstanding motion to dismiss and we affirm the order as granting that relief, without prejudice to the appellant's rights.
Affirmed.