Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...(LCL), a French banking institution, obtained French judgments against Jean Nadd (Nadd). These judgments were entered in France on May 9, 1978, and October 1, 1979, totaling Fr [1] 484,836.51 and Fr 1,976,565.55, respectively. Pursuant to the Uniform Foreign Money Judgment Recognition Act (UFMJRA), sections 55.601-55.609, Florida Statutes (1995), LCL commenced actions in the Circuit Court in Orange County, Florida, on October 4, 1994, and October 6, 1995, [2] seeking to enforce the French judgments....

...btor, who then may file a notice of objection within thirty days of service. See § 55.604(2), Fla. Stat. Whether or not the judgment debtor responds within the thirty-day period, either party may apply for a hearing regarding recognition. See *1229 § 55.601(3), Fla....

...hat the *1230 language of the UFMJRA and section 95.11, when read in pari materia, demonstrates the correctness of the district court's decision. Application of UFMJRA and Section 95.11 to This Case The UFMJRA provides in pertinent parts as follows: 55.601 Uniform Foreign Money Judgment Recognition Act; short title. —Sections 55.601-55.607 may be cited as the "Uniform Out of County Foreign Money Judgment Recognition Act." 55.602 Definitions.—As used in this act, the term: (1) "Foreign state" means any governmental unit other than the United States, or any state, district...

...ory, or in a foreign country, and its laws forbid the maintenance of the action because of lapse of time, no action shall be maintained in this state. Although not applicable to this case, the Uniform Foreign Money Judgment Recognition Act, sections 55.601-55.607, has a *319 similar provision, [2] and the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501-55.509, also provide that a foreign judgment sought to be enforced must be entitled to full faith and credit in this state and no p...

...of action resulting in a judgment in this state, or where it has been "revived" in that state under circumstances not recognized in Florida. In other words, will Florida give greater reciprocity to a foreign judgment than a Florida judgment? Neither section 55.601 nor section 55.501 present that problem because when registered, under those acts, the foreign judgment becomes a Florida judgment and is then subject to the Florida statute of limitations for Florida judgments....

...Enforcement of the New York judgments in Florida would never exceed Florida's statute of limitations for Florida judgments because Florida's statute is also twenty years. [4] NOTES [1] This act is also known as "Uniform Out of Country Foreign Money Judgment Recognition Act." See § 55.601, Fla....

...uld be entirely proper and we would endorse the appellants seeking some provisional relief from the stay entered by the Swiss courts. Of course when the Swiss court's judgment is finalized, the heirs may seek to domesticate and enforce it here under section 55.601 Florida Statutes (2000)....

...NOTES [1] Under Swiss law, the filing of a notice of appeal and the posting of a cost bond, which in this case was approximately a half million dollars, is all that is required to stay the enforcement of a judgment. For this reason, the Swiss judgment may not be enforced under § 55.601 Fla....

...Under Swiss law, the filing of a notice of appeal and the posting of a cost bond, which in this case was approximately a half million dollars, is all that is required to stay the enforcement of a judgment. For this reason, the Swiss judgment may not be enforced under § 55.601 Fla....

...on the merits of appellants' claims. As to Shechtman's counter claim, Frymer contends that the judgment should be reversed due to Shechtman's failure to comply with the Uniform Out-of-Country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act, Florida Statutes section 55.601 et seq....

...me • difficulty collecting a damages award” should they prevail against DI Global, a Florida corporation, when Florida’s Uniform Out-of-Country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act exists to govern that exact factual scenario. See Fla. Stat. § 55.601-607 .

...e res judicata effect to the Venezuelan action where the Olivareses failed to follow the procedures set forth in Florida's Uniform Out-of-Country Foreign Judgment Recognition Act ("the Act") to have the Venezuelan judgment recognized in Florida. See § 55.601, et....

...Mr. Jara Guggiari maintained the judgment was under appeal, and he was entitled to immediate release of the funds, which were in his name. Initially, the Miami trial court issued an order reflecting its intention to honor the Paraguayan judgment, see § 55.601 Fla....

... Appellant F.V. de Araujo S.A. Madeiras, Agricultora, Industria, e Comercio appeals from an Order of Dismissal with Prejudice, which dismissed Araujo’s action under Florida’s Uniform Out-of-Country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act, §§ 55.601-07, Florida Statutes (2023) (the “Act”)....

...Dole Food Co., 665 F. Supp. 2d 1307, 1322 (S.D. Fla. 2009), aff’d sub nom. Osorio v. Dow Chem. Co., 635 F.3d 1277 (11th Cir. 2011). However, Florida, like other states, has adopted a variant of the Uniform Foreign Money–Judgments Recognition Act. See §§ 55.601-07, Fla....

...ithin thirty days of service. See § 55.604(2), Fla. Stat. Whether or not the judgment debtor responds within the thirty- day period, either party may apply for a hearing regarding recognition. See § 55.601(3), Fla....