Contract – Forum-selection Clause

By: Derek Hawkins//January 13, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Jones Sign Co., Inc., v. Consensus Construction & Consulting, Inc.,

Case No.: 2019AP2189

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl.

Focus: Contract – Forum-selection Clause

Consensus Construction & Consulting, Inc., appeals a money judgment in favor of Jones Sign Co., Inc. Consensus asserts the circuit court erred by refusing to enforce a forum selection clause contained in the parties’ contract identifying the courts of South Carolina as the proper place to litigate disputes under the contract. We agree that the forum selection clause must be given effect and that Jones Sign’s complaint should have been dismissed. Accordingly, we reverse.

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Derek A Hawkins is Associate Corporate Counsel, IP at Amazon.

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