INTERNET ESCROW SERVICES, INC., etc. v. KENNETH HENDEL

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed February 3, 2021. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D20-575 Lower Tribunal No. 17-23056 ________________

Internet Escrow Services, Inc., etc., Appellant,

vs.

Kenneth Hendel, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, David C. Miller, Judge.

EBI Law, PLLC, and B. Elizabeth Interthal (Tampa); Garbett, Allen & Roza, P.A., and David S. Garbett, for appellant.

Stok Kon + Braverman, and Robert A. Stok, Gabriel G. Mandler and Yosef Kudan (Fort Lauderdale), for appellee.

Before FERNANDEZ, SCALES and HENDON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Briceno v. Sprint Spectrum, L.P., 911 So. 2d 176, 179 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (recognizing that Florida courts will generally enforce choice of law provisions contained in an agreement); City of Bell v. Superior Court, 163 Cal. Rptr. 3d 90, 100-01 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013) (applying California law which holds that for a contract’s indemnification clause to apply to first party claims between the indemnitee and the indemnitor, “the [clause’s] language on the point must be particularly clear and explicit and will be construed strictly against the indemnitee”).