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Fla. Stat. § 95.10 (2025)
Cause of action arising in another state.
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95.10 Cause of action arising in another state.—When the cause of action arose in another state or territory of the United States, 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 60
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1944–2026 · leading case: Celotex Corp. v. Meehan, 523 So. 2d 141 (Fla. 1988).
Celotex Corp. v. Meehan, 523 So. 2d 141 (Fla. 1988). “In Bates , we addressed the following question: For the purpose of applying Florida's limitation of actions "borrowing" statute, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 95.10 (West 1982), is the determination .”
Bates v. Cook, Inc., 615 F. Supp. 662 (M.D. Fla. 1984). “Fla.Stat. § 95.10 (1982) (§ 95.10). Section 95.”
Pledger v. Burnup & Sims, Inc., 432 So. 2d 1323 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). “2d DCA 1980), did not operate to nullify the defense of absolute judicial privilege with respect to Count VI, and that the one-year New York Statute of Limitations, CPLR Section 215, and Section 95.10, Florida Statutes (1981) barred Counts IV and VI.”
Merkle v. Robinson, 737 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 1999). “…7, 1978. The alleged medical malpractice occurred during Carrie Hargis Robinson's birth on May 12, 1977. [12] See § 95.10, Fla. Stat. (1997).”
Meehan v. Celotex Corp., 466 So. 2d 1100 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). “Section 95.10, Florida Statutes (1979), referred to in the trial court's judgment, is commonly known as a borrowing statute.”
Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. v. August, 530 So. 2d 293 (Fla. 1988). “The district court reasoned that because the accident occurred in Florida the instant cause of action arose in this state and hence section 95.10, Florida Statutes, *295 Florida's borrowing statute, was not applicable.”
Jeffers v. Kerzner Int'l Hotels Ltd., 319 F. Supp. 3d 1267 (S.D. Fla. 2018). “" § 95.10, Fla. Stat. In The Bahamas, the statute of limitations for negligence actions is three years from the date of the accident.”
Bates v. Cook, Inc., 509 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. 1987). “150, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has certified to this Court the following question: For the purpose of applying Florida's limitation of actions "borrowing" statute, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 95.10 (West 1982), is the determination whether a cause of…”
Dean v. Johns, 789 So. 2d 1072 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). “10, Florida Statutes (1997), the borrowing statute, states: "When the cause of action arose in another state or territory of the United States, 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…”
Tune v. Philip Morris Inc., 766 So. 2d 350 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). “2d at 1001 ; § 95.10, Fla. Stat. (1997); see also Merkle v.”
Mezroub v. Capella, 702 So. 2d 562 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997). “The trial court reluctantly dismissed the action because it concluded that section 95.10, Florida Statutes (1993), required a Florida court to borrow a Georgia statute of limitations for use in a lawsuit involving an automobile accident occurring in Georgia.”
Brownell Combs, Ii, Adm'r C.T.A. Of the Est. of Leslie Combs, Ii, Deceased v. Int'l Ins. Co., 354 F.3d 568 (6th Cir. 2004). “Like Kentucky, Florida’s borrowing statute provides that “[w]hen the cause of action arose in another state or territory of the United States, 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…”
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