Florida Statutes
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 768.041-768.39)
768.19 - Right of action.


History.—s. 1, ch. 72-35.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XLV - Torts

Chapter 768 - Negligence

Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 768.041-768.39)

768.041 - Release or covenant not to sue.

768.0415 - Liability for injury to parent.

768.042 - 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; civil liability for damages caused during a riot; 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.

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.