ABRAHAM JOHNSON, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Fulton Cnty. Adm'r v. Sullivan, 753 So. 2d 549 (Fla. 1999)
  …o the determination of whether to apply Florida’s statute of limitations, section 95.11, Florida Statutes (1997), or the limitations period of another jurisdiction. Id. at 543. In Robinson, this Court disapproved Rodriguez v. Pacific Scientific Co., 536 So. 2d 270 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), upon which the Fourth District Court of Appeal relied in Sullivan for the proposition that the statute of limitations of the forum state applies except where there is a shorter limitations period in the state where the tort occur…
• Merkle v. Robinson, 737 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 1999)
  …in West Virginia and because the parties were West Virginia residents at the time of the occurrence.[2] We agree but note that our decision conflicts with a decision from the Third District on the same issue. See Rodriguez v. Pacific Scientific Co., 536 So. 2d 270 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), review denied, 545 So. 2d 1368 (1989). Robinson alleges, and it is not disputed, that her cause of action for medical malpractice is not barred under the West Virginia statute of limitations. She argues that section 55-2-15, Wes…

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• Sullivan v. The Fulton Cnty. Adm'r, 662 So. 2d 706 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995)
  …rose in Georgia, Florida follows the well-established rule that the statute of limitations of the forum state is applicable except where there is a shorter limitations period in the state where the tort occurred. Rodriguez v. Pacific Scientific Co., 536 So. 2d 270, 271 (Fla. 3d DCA), rev. denied, 545 So. 2d 1368 (Fla.1989) and the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws, section 142. Since Georgia also has a 2-year period of limitations for bringing wrongful death actions, section 9-3-51, Georgia Code (1995)…

Authorities Cited

• Miles v. State, 536 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)