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SOCIETY OF LLOYDS’ ACTION FOR RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY JUDGMENT SURVIVES MOTION TO DISMISS

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In September 2006, the Society of Lloyds filed an Amended Complaint in a Florida District Court seeking recognition and enforcement of a foreign country judgment under Florida Statutes. The Defendant, Robert Sumerel, moved to dismiss the case as barred by the statute of limitations, asserting that the Amended Complaint is a common law civil action, not a statutory cause of action. The court disagreed, finding that the Amended Complaint did plead a statutory cause of action, and therefore the statute of limitations argument failed. Society of Lloyds v. Robert Sumerel, Case No. 2:06-cv-329-FtM-29DNF (USDC M.D. Fla. April 10, 2007).