BURSHAN v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA.

No. 4D00-2909.

805 So.2d 835 (2001)

Khalil BURSHAN, M.D., and Rosita Burshan, his wife, Appellants, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA., a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the state of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell D. Kaplan of Russell D. Kaplan, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Peter V. Fullerton, and Charles M-P George of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Miami, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

The main issue in this case is whether Florida's statute of limitations barred a garnishment proceeding in a Florida federal court, when the writ was issued over 11 years after the underlying federal judgment. We hold that the statute did not foreclose the garnishment.

On November 17, 1987, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh obtained a $74,126.54 judgment against Khalil Burshan in the United States District Court for the Southern...

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