Florida Statute 448.045 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

448.045 Wrongful combinations against workers.—If two or more persons shall agree, conspire, combine or confederate together for the purpose of preventing any person from procuring work in any firm or corporation, or to cause the discharge of any person from work in such firm or corporation; or if any person shall verbally or by written or printed communication, threaten any injury to life, property or business of any person for the purpose of procuring the discharge of any worker in any firm or corporation, or to prevent any person from procuring work in such firm or corporation, such persons so combining shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 1, ch. 4144, 1893; GS 3515; RGS 5401; CGL 7542; s. 983, ch. 71-136; s. 165, ch. 97-103.

Note.—Former s. 833.02.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 448.045
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
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Cases Citing F.S. 448.045

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·City of Stuart v. Monds, 10 So. 3d 1134 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009).
Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 4472, 2009 WL 1311192
...Scoggins was Monds' supervisor and Chrulski was the assistant recreation director. At issue are counts IV-VI, causes of action for tortious interference with an advantageous business relationshipthe Mondses' employmentand an action for negligent violation of Florida Statute section 448.045 (Wrongful combinations against workers)....
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·Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. Poseidon Mar. Servs., Inc., 561 So. 2d 1360 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).
Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 78548
...entic unfit for work aboard ship. The complaint made various claims for damages for intentional torts. It also asserted medical negligence against Genovese and Sunshine Medical Center, and a claim for "negligence per se" against the defendants under section 448.045, Florida Statutes (1983)....
...There is no right of contribution in favor of any tortfeasor who has intentionally (willfully or wantonly) caused or contributed to the injury or wrongful death." § 768.31(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (1987). The same logic would also apply to the claim under section 448.045, Florida Statutes....
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Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 448.045

Cases Citing F.S. 448.045

·City of Stuart v. Monds, 10 So. 3d 1134 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009).

·Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. Poseidon Mar. Servs., Inc., 561 So. 2d 1360 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).