Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...There is little we could add to his opinion and, therefore, we will limit ourselves to the following remarks. The most persuasive argument of petitioner is that the Marketable Record Title Act preserves case law which is inconsistent with dismissal of petitioner's amended complaint. F.S. § 712.07, F.S.A....

...H & F further asserts that a common law way of necessity should not be subject to any recording requirement, including that of MRTA, because such an interest in land is not subject to the recording requirements of section 695.01, Florida Statutes (1995), Florida's general recording statute. [10] However, section 712.07 provides that courts should construe MRTA independent of any other recording act....

...It provides: Nothing contained in this law shall be construed to extend the period for the bringing of an action or for the doing of any other act required under any statute of limitations or to affect the operation of any statute governing the effect of the recording or the failure to record any instrument affecting land. § 712.07, Fla....

PER CURIAM. The trial judge properly granted summary judgment on the ground that, as a matter of law, the present action is barred by sections 95.031, 95.231, Florida Statutes (2008). See § 712.07, Fla....

...There is little we could add to his opinion and, therefore, we will limit ourselves to the following remarks. The most persuasive argument of petitioner is that the Marketable Record Title Act preserves case law which is inconsistent with dismissal of petitioner’s amended complaint. F.S. § 712.07, F.S.A....