WILLIAM STEVEN DAY, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Abner Wynn Gordon v. The John Deere Co., 264 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 1972)
  …manner as a nonresident. This section shall not apply to a cause of action for defamation of character arising from the act. Added by Laws 1970, c. 70-90, § 1, eff. July 1, 1970.” . Gordon v. John Deere Co., 320 F.Supp. 293, 295 (N.D.Fla.1970). . 253 So. 2d 722 (Fla.App.3rd 1971). . Id. 253 So. 2d at 723. . Annot.: Retrospective Application of State Statutes Conferring In Personam Jurisdiction over Nonresidents, 19 A.L.R. 3rd 138 (1968).…
• Am. Motors Corp. & Jeep Corp. v. Abrahantes, 474 So. 2d 271 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)
  …2d 13 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975); American Baseball Cap, Inc. v. Duzinski, 308 So. 2d 639 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975); Barton v. Keyes Co., 305 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974); Marshall v. Johnson, 301 So. 2d 134 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974); Robert E. Marx, Inc. v. Scarney, 253 So. 2d 722 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971). The result we reach is supported by two well-established rules of construction: first, “[a] statute is not to be given a retrospective effect unless its terms show clearly that such an effect was intended,” In re Seven Barrels of…
• Barton v. The Keyes Co., 305 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974)
  …ective July 1, 1973. The sections of the statute may not be applied retroactively to causes of action which accrued prior to their effective date. Gordon v. John Deere Company, Fla.1972, 264 So. 2d 419; Robert E. Marx, Inc. v. Scarney, Fla.App.1971, 253 So. 2d 722; Marshall v. Johnson, Fla.App.1974, 301 So. 2d 134. It is apparent that upon the record as it stood at the time of the trial judge’s order (see footnote 1, supra), the statute was given retroactive application. The order appealed must be reversed u…

Authorities Cited

• DAY v. State, 233 So. 2d 194 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970)