Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 397.482 (2025)

Lawyer assistance programs; civil immunity.

✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us JustiaFla. Statutes CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
397.482 Lawyer assistance programs; civil immunity.A person who in good faith reports information or takes action in connection with a lawyer assistance program or a person who receives information in connection with a lawyer assistance program is immune from civil liability for reporting the information, taking the action, or taking no action, provided that such person has acted in good faith and without malice.
History.s. 1, ch. 2001-240.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Bank of Am. Corp. v. Valladares, 141 So. 3d 714 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014).
Bank of Am. Corp. v. Valladares, 141 So. 3d 714 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014). · cites it 2× “123(3)(d), Fla. Stat. (2013) (filing a report on money laundering); § 626.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.

This Florida statute resource is curated by Graham W. Syfert, Esq., a Jacksonville, Florida personal injury and workers' compensation attorney (Florida Bar No. 39104). For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.