Florida Statute 440.01 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 440
WORKERS' COMPENSATION

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F.S. 440.01

440.01 Short title.—This chapter may be cited as the “Workers’ Compensation Law.”

History.—s. 1, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(1); s. 23, ch. 78-300; ss. 1, 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 440.01

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 440.01.

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Cases Citing Statute 440.01

Total Results: 20

LEONIREZ HEREDIA v. JOHN BEACH & ASSOCIATES, INC. AND MICHAEL MELENDES GROSS

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-07-24T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: privity under the Workers Compensation Law, §§ 440.01-60, Fla. Stat. (2017), and that, as such, the

Flo & Eddie, Inc., etc. v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc., etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-10-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 229 So. 3d 305

Snippet: provision in sections 543.02 and 543.03. See ch. 77-440, § 1, at 1802, Laws of Fla. The Florida Legislature

Esad Babahmetovic v. Scan Design Florida Inc/ Zenith Insurance Company

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-10-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 176 So. 3d 1006

Snippet: entitled to any benefit allowed in Chapter 440” – with one single exception: an advance payment under

Scott Morris v. City of Cape Coral, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-05-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 163 So. 3d 1174, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 237, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 987, 2015 WL 2095788

Snippet: omitted); Crowder v. Phillips, 146 Fla. 440, 1 So.2d 629 (1941)). Noting our decision in

Esad Babahmetovic v. Scan Design Florida Inc/ Zenith Insurance Company

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-05-03T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: entitled to any benefit allowed in Chapter 440” – with one single exception: an advance payment under

R.L. Haines Construction, LLC v. Santamaria

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-09-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 161 So. 3d 528, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 14605, 2014 WL 4648522

Snippet: virtually certain” within the meaning of section 440.1 l(l)(b)2., we do not discuss R.L. Haines's

Lovering v. Nickerson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-08-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 72 So. 3d 780, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 13419, 2011 WL 3754660

Snippet: statutory employee “as defined in Florida Statute 440.01(15)(e)” at the time of his injury and, therefore

General Dynamics Corp. v. Brottem

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-12-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 53 So. 3d 334, 31 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1225, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 20129, 2010 WL 5391519

Snippet: the course of their employment. See generally §§ 440.01-440.60, Fla. Stat. (2008); Bakerman v. Bombay Co

BDO Seidman, LLP v. Banco Espirito Santo International

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-06-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 38 So. 3d 874, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 9119, 2010 WL 2507051

Snippet: immunity[11] in earlier versions of chapter 440). In one case cited by Banco, this Court relied upon

Jallali v. NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, INC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-10-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 992 So. 2d 338

Snippet: her a master's degree in education. Id. at 440. One of the student's claims was for breach of

Griffin, Inc. v. Loomis, Fargo & Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-04-23T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 979 So. 2d 416

Snippet: Florida's Workers' Compensation Law. See § 440.01. Griffin views Wells Fargowhich, through merger

Crum Services v. Lopez

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-03-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 975 So. 2d 1184

Snippet: contractor in this relationship. Because section 440(1)(b) requires a contractor-subcontractor relationship

Perez v. La Dove, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-09-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 964 So. 2d 777

Snippet: Florida Workers' Compensation Law, sections 440.01-50, Florida Statutes (2001). Section 440.11 of …compensation for his employees. However, section 440.01 also contains several well understood, express

Ufer v. STATE AUTO INS. COMPANIES

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-07-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 961 So. 2d 1007

Snippet: under the Workers' Compensation Law, sections 440.01 and 440.11, Florida Statutes (1998). State Auto

Bakerman v. the Bombay Co., Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-06-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 961 So. 2d 259

Snippet: the course of their employment. See generally §§ 440.01-440.60, Fla. Stat. (2006). The system is "

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2005-02-08T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Charlie Crist Attorney General CC/tjw 1 See Section 440.01, Fla. Stat., providing the short title for the

Swanson v. Swanson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-04-07T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 869 So. 2d 735

Snippet: early retirement penalty. Nevertheless, the $10,440[1] yearly figure is derived by applying an early retirement

Donnelly v. Marion County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-08-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 851 So. 2d 256

Snippet: decisional law such as Crowder v. Phillips, 146 Fla. 440, 1 So.2d 629 (1941), which struck down use of special

City of North Lauderdale v. SMM Properties, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2002-08-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 825 So. 2d 343

Snippet: .2d 885 (Fla.1951); Crowder v. Phillips, 146 Fla. 440, 1 So.2d 629 (1941) (on rehearing). Lake County, 695

Haynes v. World Color Press

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-08-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 794 So. 2d 674, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 11399, 2001 WL 910101

Snippet: meet the statutory definition of injury in section 440.01(14) [renumbered section 440.02(17), Florida Statutes