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Title XLV - Torts
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Chapter 768 - Negligence
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Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 768.041-768.37)
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 768.041-768.37)
768.041 - Release or covenant not to sue.
768.0415 - Liability for injury to parent.
768.042 - Damages.
768.0425 - Damages in actions against contractors for injuries sustained from negligence, malfeasance, or misfeasance.
768.043 - Remittitur and additur actions arising out of operation of motor vehicles.
768.07 - Railroad liability for injury to employees.
768.0705 - Limitation on premises liability.
768.075 - Immunity from liability for injury to trespassers on real property.
768.0755 - Premises liability for transitory foreign substances in a business establishment.
768.08 - Liability of corporations having relief department for injury to employees; contracts in violation of act void.
768.0895 - Limitation of liability for employers of persons with disabilities.
768.091 - Employer liability limits; ridesharing.
768.092 - Special mobile equipment; liability of lessors.
768.093 - Owner liability limits; powered shopping carts.
768.095 - Employer immunity from liability; disclosure of information regarding former or current employees.
768.096 - Employer presumption against negligent hiring.
768.098 - Limitation of liability for employee leasing.
768.0981 - Limitation on actions against insurers, prepaid limited health service organizations, health maintenance organizations, or prepaid health clinics.
768.10 - Pits and holes not to be left open.
768.11 - Pits and holes; measure of damages.
768.12 - Motor vehicle colliding with any animal at large on a public highway.
768.125 - Liability for injury or damage resulting from intoxication.
768.1256 - Government rules defense.
768.1257 - State-of-the-art defense for products liability.
768.128 - Hazardous spills; definitions; persons who assist in containing or treating spills; immunity from liability; exceptions.
768.13 - Good Samaritan Act; immunity from civil liability.
768.1315 - Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighters’ Assistance Act; immunity from civil liability.
768.1325 - Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; immunity from civil liability.
768.1326 - Placement of automated external defibrillators in state buildings; rulemaking authority.
768.1335 - Emergency Medical Dispatch Act; presumption.
768.1345 - Professional malpractice; immunity.
768.135 - Volunteer team physicians; immunity.
768.1355 - Florida Volunteer Protection Act.
768.136 - Liability for canned or perishable food distributed free of charge.
768.137 - Definition; limitation of civil liability for certain farmers; exception.
768.138 - Interruption of electric utility service by order of law enforcement; immunity.
768.1382 - Streetlights, security lights, and other similar illumination; limitation on liability.
768.139 - Rescue of vulnerable person or domestic animal from a motor vehicle; immunity from civil liability.
768.14 - Suit by state; waiver of sovereign immunity.
768.16 - Wrongful Death Act.
768.17 - Legislative intent.
768.18 - Definitions.
768.19 - Right of action.
768.20 - Parties.
768.21 - Damages.
768.22 - Form of verdict.
768.23 - Protection of minors and incompetents.
768.24 - Death of a survivor before judgment.
768.25 - Court approval of settlements.
768.26 - Litigation expenses.
768.28 - Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions; recovery limits; limitation on attorney fees; statute of limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management programs.
768.295 - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) prohibited.
768.31 - Contribution among tortfeasors.
768.35 - Continuing domestic violence.
768.36 - Alcohol or drug defense.
768.37 - Limitation on civil liability arising from long-term consumption of food and nonalcoholic beverages.
