Williams v. American Optical Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The right to pursue a cause of action is generally considered to have become vested when the cause of action has accrued.”
• “Constitutionally, a new statute becoming effective after a cause of action has already accrued may not be applied to eliminate or curtail the cause of action.”
• “Florida law is well established that the right to sue on an inchoate cause of action—one that has not yet accrued—is not a vested right because no one has a vested right in the common law, which the Legislature may substantively change prospectively.”
• “Florida law is well established that the right to sue on an inchoate cause of action — one that has not yet accrued — is not a vested right because no one has a vested right in the common law, which the Legislature may substantively change prospectively.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Satterfield v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-10-07· cited 34×
• American Optical Corp. v. Spiewak
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-07-08· cited 23×
• Weingrad v. Miles
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-03· cited 14×
• Candansk, LLC v. Estate of Hicks Ex Rel. Brownridge
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-11-13· cited 6×
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-08-29
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-08-29
• in Re: Texas State Silica Products Liability Litigation
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-09-18
• Witkiewicz v. Acands, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-10-19
• Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Corporation a/s/o Delores Senko v. Grove Isle at Vero Beach Condominium Association, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-02-28
• UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, A/S/O VIRGILIO PEREZ Y. PEREZ AND A/S/O SIRKKA PEREZ v. LAGUNA RIVIERA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-03-01
• UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, A/S/O VIRGILIO PEREZ Y. PEREZ AND A/S/O SIRKKA v. LAGUNA RIVIERA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-05-17
• Yordany Zamora Lopez v. U-Haul Co. of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-04-01

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 1,936×
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers
  Supreme Court· 2003-03-10· cited 204×
• Alamo Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Mancusi
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-01-06· cited 201×
• Kluger v. White
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-07-11· cited 201×
• Metro-North Commuter Railroad v. Buckley
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 198×
• Rupp v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-07-15· cited 132×
• Forbes Pioneer Boat Line v. Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District
  Supreme Court· 1922-04-10· cited 115×
• Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Cox
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-12-31· cited 115×
• Pullum v. Cincinnati, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-29· cited 107×
• Battilla v. Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-12-11· cited 96×
• Florida Hosp. Waterman, Inc. v. Buster
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-03-06· cited 68×
• Celotex Corp. v. Copeland
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-06-13· cited 65×
• Zell v. Meek
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-10-05· cited 54×
• Celotex Corp. v. Meehan
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-03-17· cited 48×
• State, Dept. of Transp. v. Knowles
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-06-25· cited 43×
• Presbyterian Homes of Synod of Florida v. Wood
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1974-06-12· cited 39×
• Wiley v. Roof
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-06-23· cited 36×
• Clausell v. Hobart Corp.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-12-03· cited 36×
• Willis v. GAMI GOLDEN GLADES, LLC.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-10-18· cited 35×
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Acosta
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-10-22· cited 27×