Nate Bohlander, a Partner in the Philadelphia office, recently achieved transfer of a matter, via preliminary objections, on behalf of an adventure park client.  The case was filed in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.  Attorney Bohlander filed preliminary objections to the complaint seeking, in part, transfer of venue to a different county on two bases.  First, that the terms of a waiver signed in advance of attendance of the adventure park contained a forum clause, mandating that any lawsuits be brought in the county in which the park is located.  Second, that, even if the waiver does not apply, there are insufficient contacts between the company which operates the adventure park and Philadelphia County.  Plaintiffs opposed the preliminary objections on both grounds.  Following a period of Court-ordered venue discovery, the parties submitted supplemental briefs and then argued their respective positions during a hearing with the Court.  The Court granted the preliminary objections, and ordered that the matter be transferred out of Philadelphia County.