(1) No employer shall be liable for injuries or damages sustained by operators, passengers, or other persons resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle while being used in a ridesharing arrangement between a place of residence and a place of employment or termini near such places; nor shall such employer be liable for injuries or damages sustained to operators, passengers, or other persons because such employer provides information or incentives to, or otherwise encourages, employees to participate in ridesharing arrangements. However, this section does not apply to motor vehicles owned or leased by an employer nor to acts by an employee within the scope of employment as defined in subsection (2).
(2) For purposes of ridesharing, employment shall be deemed to commence when an employee arrives at the employer’s place of employment to report for work and to terminate when the employee leaves the employer’s place of employment, excluding areas not under the control of the employer. However, an employee shall be deemed to be within the course of employment when the employee is engaged in the performance of duties assigned or directed by the employer, or acting in the furtherance of the business of the employer, irrespective of location.
History.—ss. 2, 3, ch. 82-95; s. 1163, ch. 97-102.
Structure Florida Statutes
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 768.041-768.39)
768.041 - Release or covenant not to sue.
768.0415 - Liability for injury to parent.
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.
768.0895 - 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.
768.096 - Employer presumption against negligent hiring.
768.098 - Limitation of liability for employee leasing.
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.
768.13 - 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.
768.14 - Suit by state; waiver of sovereign immunity.
768.23 - Protection of minors and incompetents.
768.24 - Death of a survivor before judgment.
768.25 - Court approval of settlements.
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.
768.38 - Liability protections for COVID-19-related claims.
768.381 - COVID-19-related claims against health care providers.
768.382 - Limitation of liability for certain voluntary engineering or architectural services.
768.39 - Immunity for educational institutions for actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.