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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 588
LEGAL FENCES AND LIVESTOCK AT LARGE
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F.S. 588.15
588.15 Liability of owner.Every owner of livestock who intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or negligently suffers or permits such livestock to run at large upon or stray upon the public roads of this state shall be liable in damages for all injury and property damage sustained by any person by reason thereof.
History.s. 4, ch. 25236, 1949.

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Amendments to 588.15


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 588.15
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 588.15.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

CARNAHAN, v. W. NORVELL,, 270 So. 3d 414 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . See § 588.15, Fla. Stat. (2012). . . .

MANFRE, v. SHINKLE,, 184 So. 3d 641 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . In order to fulfill that purpose, the Act included provisions in section 588.15 that made the livestock . . . Moreover, as evident by the provisions of sections 588.14 and 588.15, Florida Statutes (2008), the Legislature . . . Baker, 184 So.2d 188, 190 (Fla. 1st DCA 1966) (“Section 588.15 ... must be read in pari mate-ria with . . . provision, Section 588.14, which lays down the owner’s duty, the negligent breach of which, under Section 588.15 . . .

FLORIDA POWER LIGHT COMPANY, v. MORRIS,, 944 So. 2d 407 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . . § 588.15, Fla. Stat. . . . Section 588.15 now provides ''[ejvery owner of livestock who intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or . . .

FLORIDA BOARD OF EDUCATION, v. ANDREWS,, 903 So. 2d 1048 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . 588.01, Florida Statutes, could be considered as evidence of the defendant’s negligence under section 588.15 . . .

BOSWELL, v. RUSSELL,, 819 So. 2d 925 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . 735 So.2d 582 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), but rather, liability arises only upon a showing of negligence: 588.15 . . . be liable in damages for all injury and property damage sustained by any person by reason thereof. § 588.15 . . .

DARIO v. D. ROTH,, 756 So. 2d 262 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . . § 588.15 (1991). . . .

A. HANSON, v. H. SCHARBER, 749 So. 2d 563 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . bull which the Scharbers had negligently allowed to stray onto the roadway in violation of section 588.15 . . . — No owner shall permit livestock to run at large on or stray upon the public roads of this state. 588.15 . . .

TOOLE, v. J. DUPUIS,, 735 So. 2d 582 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . without supporting affidavits or other proof, but relying solely on the argument that sections 588.14 and 588.15 . . . Florida law is clear that sections 588.14 and 588.15 do not impose strict liability on the owner of livestock . . . Section 588.15, Florida Statutes (1997) provides: Liability of owner. — Every owner of livestock who . . .

FISEL, v. C. WYNNS R., 667 So. 2d 761 (Fla. 1996)

. . . least negligence is required to establish liability against a livestock owner under sections 588.14 and 588.15 . . . livestock owners strictly liable, the legislature opted instead for a showing of at least negligence: 588.15 . . . appealed to this Court, arguing that his equal protection rights had been violated because section 588.15 . . . The legislature has left section 588.15 intact following Selby and we are just as bound today as we were . . . to address: Presumably, the Legislature had all the alternatives before it when it enacted Section 588.15 . . .

FISEL, v. C. WYNNS R., 650 So. 2d 46 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . If the majority members of this court are interested in revising section 588.15, Florida Statutes, then . . . Section 588.15, Florida Statutes, provides that an owner who negligently permits their livestock to run . . . I find that the negligence required in section 588.15 may be established by finding that the Wynnses . . . — No owner shall permit livestock to run at large on or stray upon the public roads of this state. 588.15 . . .

S. STOCKE, v. O. MARSH, Jr., 912 F.2d 381 (9th Cir. 1990)

. . . . § 588.15(a). . . .

ZUPPARDO, v. O HARE,, 487 So. 2d 39 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . appellant’s case was based on general allegations of negligence and violations of sections 588.14 and 588.15 . . .

JAMES, Jr. v. M. SKINNER, II,, 464 So. 2d 588 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . . § 588.15, Fla.Stat. (1983); Visingardi v. Tirone, 193 So.2d 601 (Fla.1966). . . .

DAVIDSON W. D. a W. D. a W. E. R. C. D. G. D. T. J. E. P. v. HOWARD, DAVIDSON W. D. a W. D. a W. E. R. C. D. G. D. T. J. E. P. v. COLLIER COMPANY,, 438 So. 2d 899 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . . § 588.15, Fla.Stat. . . .

SELBY M. v. BULLOCK, Jr., 287 So. 2d 18 (Fla. 1973)

. . . entered after a pre-trial hearing and upon appellants’ “Motion As To Constitutionality of Florida Statute 588.15 . . . ”, passed upon the validity of Section 588.15, Florida Statutes, 1971, giving this Court jurisdiction . . . Florida Statute 588.15 provides as follows: “. . . . . . . The crux of this appeal is the constitutionality of Section 588.15, Florida Statutes F.S.A. . . . Presumably, the Legislature had all the alternatives before it when it enacted Section 588.15. . . . Section 588.15, F. . . . Section 588.15, F.S.A.) considered in the light of its history and purpose, should not be “watered” down . . .

BEAVER, v. HOWERTON,, 223 So. 2d 62 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969)

. . . . §§ 588.14 and 588.15, F.S.A. which are a compilation of §§ 3 and 4 of Ch. 25236, General Laws of 1949 . . . No owner shall permit livestock to run at large on or stray upon the public roads of this state.” “588.15 . . . Upon appeal the 3rd District Court, after quoting F.S. §§ 588.14 and 588.15, F.S.A., supra, and adverting . . . Baker was sued for violating F.S. § 588.15, F.S.A., and upon trial the Circuit Court directed verdict . . .

R. HUGHES, v. LANDERS,, 215 So. 2d 773 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968)

. . . appellee was negligent by not keeping the fence in proper condition under Florida Statutes §§ 588.14, 588.15 . . .

WELCH v. F. BAKER,, 184 So. 2d 188 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

. . . The first statutory provision (Section 588.15) thus cited and invoked in the complaint reads as follows . . . Section 588.15, quoted above, must be read in pari materia with the preceding provision, Section 588.14 . . . , which lays down the owner’s duty, the negligent breach of which, under Section 588.15, makes the owner . . . Sections 588.14 and 588.15 are, respectively, Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter 25236, Laws of Florida, Acts . . . We are aided in our construction of Section 588.15 by two decisions of our sister district courts of . . .

C. GORDON, v. A. SUTHERLAND, A. R. d b a T-, 131 So. 2d 520 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1961)

. . . Appellant urges that sections 588.14 and 588.15, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., were violated and evidence of this . . . No owner shall permit livestock to run at large on or stray upon the public roads of this state.” “588.15 . . .

LEE v. FLORITOR,, 18 Fla. Supp. 38 (Dade Cty. Cir. Ct. 1961)

. . . See specifically §§588.14 and 588.15, Florida Statutes; Bryant v. City of Tampa, Fla. . . .

BARBER v. TECHE GREYHOUND LINES, 115 F. Supp. 209 (N.D. Fla. 1953)

. . . Section 588.15 reads as follows: “Every owner of livestock who intentionally, wilfully, carelessly or . . . Section 588.15 does not, of course, exempt defendant from liability for its own negligence, even though . . .

SOUTHERN PAC. CO. v. HAIGHT, 126 F.2d 900 (9th Cir. 1942)

. . . hospital and medical services; and that the total of these expenses at the time of the trial was only $4,'588.15 . . . The evidence shows that while the ap-pellee had actually incurred only this $4,-588.15 at the time of . . .