Bill Text: FL S1152 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Premises Liability

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-03-08 - Died in Judiciary [S1152 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S1152-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1152
       
       
        
       By Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       14-00479-24                                           20241152__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to premises liability; amending s.
    3         768.0701, F.S.; requiring that the trier of fact in
    4         actions for damages arising out of intentional torts
    5         of third parties consider the fault of all persons,
    6         known or unknown, alleged to have contributed to the
    7         injury; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 768.0701, Florida Statutes, is amended
   12  to read:
   13         768.0701 Premises liability for intentional torts criminal
   14  acts of third parties.—Notwithstanding s. 768.81(4), in an
   15  action for damages against the owner, lessor, operator, or
   16  manager of commercial or real property, or an employee, a
   17  member, a director, an agent, a tenant, a franchisor, a joint
   18  venturer, or a contractor of such person, brought by or on
   19  behalf of a person as defined in s. 1.01 lawfully on the
   20  property who was injured by the intentional tort criminal act of
   21  a third party, the trier of fact must consider the fault of all
   22  persons, whether known or unknown, who are alleged to have
   23  contributed to the injury.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.