Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 440.075 (2025)

When corporate officer rejects chapter; effect.

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440.075 When corporate officer rejects chapter; effect.Every corporate officer who elects to reject this chapter shall, in any action to recover damages for injury or death brought against the corporate employer, proceed as at common law, and the employer in such suit may avail itself of all defenses that exist at common law.
History.s. 4, ch. 74-197; s. 23, ch. 78-300; s. 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1991–2017 · leading case: Charles Gladden v. Fisher Thomas, Inc., The Green etc. (Fla. 1st DCA 2017).
Charles Gladden v. Fisher Thomas, Inc., The Green etc. (Fla. 1st DCA 2017). · cites it 3× “§ 440.075, Fla. Stat. (2008) (emphasis added).”
Dobbins v. Weber, 585 So. 2d 1143 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991). “However, under section 440.075 he retained his right to maintain an action at common law for work-connected injuries.”
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