Case Name: Vittorio BOERI, Appellant, v. ATTEL BANK INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-06-10
Citations: 711 So. 2d 1339
Docket Number: No. 97-3196
Parties: Vittorio BOERI, Appellant, v. ATTEL BANK INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 711
Pages: 1339–1340

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.