The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLI
STATUTE OF FRAUDS, FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS, AND GENERAL ASSIGNMENTS

Chapter 725
UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS

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F.S. 725.07

725.07 Discrimination on basis of sex, marital status, or race forbidden.—

(1) No person, as defined in s. 1.01(3) shall discriminate against any person based on sex, marital status, or race in the areas of loaning money, granting credit, or providing equal pay for equal services performed.

(2) Any violation of this section may be brought in the courts of this state by the individual upon whom the discrimination has been perpetrated in a civil action, and said individual shall be entitled to collect, not only compensatory damages, but, in addition thereto, punitive damages and reasonable attorney fees for a violation of this section.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 73-251.

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Amendments to 725.07

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 725.07

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 725.07.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SAUNDERS, v. HUNTER,, 980 F. Supp. 1236 (M.D. Fla. 1997)

. . . Section 448.07(4) Fla.Stat., states “[n]othing in this section or in § 725.07, relating to discrimination . . .

MILTLAND RALEIGH- DURHAM, Fe, v. H. MYERS, Fe, 807 F. Supp. 1025 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)

. . . the 34% limited partner in the Chicago Limited Partnership, has been damaged in the amount of $104,-725.07 . . .

G. STERN, v. ESPIRITO SANTO BANK OF FLORIDA, a, 791 F. Supp. 865 (S.D. Fla. 1992)

. . . . § 725.07; (3) slander of credit; (4) intentional infliction of emotional distress; and (5) abuse of . . .

MITCHELL, v. CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION OF DELAWARE, a, 747 F. Supp. 1446 (M.D. Fla. 1990)

. . . Farm Equipment Manufacturers and Dealers Act); 713.31(2)(c) (redress for filing of fraudulent lien); 725.07 . . .

MUNSEY, v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF FLORIDA,, 538 So. 2d 1328 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . Munsey sued General Telephone under section 725.07, Florida Statutes (1983), which renders sex discrimination . . . Considering the paucity of relevant interpretation of the statute under which Munsey sued, section 725.07 . . . Similarly, the basis for Munsey’s attempted recovery was section 725.07, and not the general labor statutes . . . General Telephone has argued that section 725.07 and section 448.08 are in pari materia and should be . . . legislative purpose to create a chilling effect on the pursuit of claims encompassed within section 725.07 . . .

FLORIDA PATIENT S COMPENSATION FUND, v. ROWE,, 472 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 1985)

. . . (Supp.1984) (condominium actions); § 725.07, Fla.Stat. (1983) (credit discrimination actions); § 742.031 . . .

NAVIMEX S. A. DE C. V. S. A. v. S S NORTHERN ICE S S ANNA FLORA S S SALTA S S NORTHERN FROST S S TUSCAN STAR C. C. Co., 617 F. Supp. 103 (S.D.N.Y. 1984)

. . . plaintiffs sent defendants a summary statement of account, showing a total due to plaintiffs of $47,-725.07 . . .

FOREHAND, v. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION,, 586 F. Supp. 9 (M.D. Fla. 1984)

. . . provision governs plaintiff’s pendant state law claim brought pursuant to the Florida Equal Pay Act, § 725.07 . . . Because the Florida Equal Pay Act, § 725.07, Fla. . . . apparently no Florida case has considered which limitations period is applicable to actions brought under § 725.07 . . . of damages plaintiff can recover, derive expressly and exclusively from the Florida Equal Pay Act, § 725.07 . . .

BENNETT, v. SOUTHERN MARINE MANAGEMENT CO., 531 F. Supp. 115 (M.D. Fla. 1982)

. . . Section 725.07, Florida Statutes, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or marital status . . . Fla.Stat.Ann. § 725.07(2). . . .

M. RAULERSON, v. GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION, 350 So. 2d 1111 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . The applicable statute, Section 725.07, Florida Statutes (1973), provided: “No person . . . shall discriminate . . . Titular promotion is not a matter addressed by Section 725.07. . . . Because Raulerson’s claim was found not to be meritorious, her discharge is not remediable under Section 725.07 . . .