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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 769
HAZARDOUS OCCUPATIONS
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F.S. 769.06
769.06 Contracts limiting liability invalid.Any contract, contrivance or device whatever, having the effect to relieve or exempt the persons mentioned in s. 769.01 from the liability prescribed by this chapter shall be illegal and void.
History.s. 6, ch. 6521, 1913; RGS 4976; CGL 7063.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 769.06
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 769.06.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

I. GESSA, v. MANOR CARE OF FLORIDA, INC., 86 So. 3d 484 (Fla. 2011)

. . . regarding liability of persons engaging in certain hazardous occupations, the Legislature has provided: 769.06 . . . persons mentioned in s. 769.01 from the liability prescribed by this chapter shall be illegal and void. § 769.06 . . .

ALTERRA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION M. v. ESTATE OF LINTON GRAHAM f k a, 953 So. 2d 574 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . Regarding liability of persons engaging in certain hazardous occupations, the legislature stated: 769.06 . . . persons mentioned in s. 769.01 from the liability prescribed by this chapter shall be illegal and void. § 769.06 . . .

L. BLAND, COKER, v. HEALTH CARE AND RETIREMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, d b a, 927 So. 2d 252 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Petsch, 872 So.2d at 261; see, e.g., § 769.06 (prohibiting contracts limiting liability in context of . . .

In McNICHOLS,, 249 B.R. 160 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2000)

. . . Pursuant to the filed claims, there are secured claims of Aetna which total $22,-769.06 and Equity in . . .

In GOLDEN DISTRIBUTORS, LTD. Co. GOLDEN DISTRIBUTORS, LTD. v. GARCED, d b a Co., 134 B.R. 766 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1991)

. . . At this point, Liberty’s outstanding account balance with Golden was $236,-769.06. 8. . . .

CROSBY, v. REGIONAL UTILITY BOARD, CITY OF GAINESVILLE,, 400 So. 2d 1024 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . 440.11, Florida Statutes, was not the type of “contract, contrivance or device” prohibited in Section 769.06 . . .

J. MACARAGES, v. RAYMOND CONCRETE PILE COMPANY, HERRING, v. RAYMOND CONCRETE PILE COMPANY,, 220 F.2d 891 (5th Cir. 1955)

. . . The earlier law passed for the protection of workers in hazardous occupations, provides in Section 769.06 . . . contracting away its provisions; and that such inconsistency could be resolved only by holding that § 769.06 . . . This, then, is not the kind of “contract, contrivance or device”, prohibited in Section 769.06. . . .