Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...The plaintiff brought suit against Collier, W.D. Ranch, and Weiser and Freidheim, Inc. In Davidson, we said: *411 During the trial the parties were primarily concerned with applicability of Chapter 588, Florida Statutes (1975). A portion of this chapter, Sections 588.12-588.26 (Chapter 25236, Laws of Florida (1949)), is known as the Warren Act whereby the legislature in 1949 declared it necessary to have a statewide uniform livestock act embracing all public roads. § 588.12, Fla....

...Ranch had care, control or custody of the cattle involved in this case, and if so, whether such partnership was negligent in its maintenance of the fence." During the trial the parties were primarily concerned with applicability of Chapter 588, Florida Statutes (1975). A portion of this chapter, Sections 588.12-588.26 (Chapter 25236, Laws of Florida (1949)), is known as the Warren Act whereby the legislature in 1949 declared it necessary to have a statewide uniform livestock act embracing all public roads. § 588.12, Fla....

...Counties have been granted the authority to maintain and control those roads under their jurisdiction and to expend funds for the construction, maintenance, and development of such roads. 1 However, with the enactment of the Warren Act in 1949, 2 codified as section 588.12 - 588.25 , Florida Statutes, the responsibility for keeping livestock off the public roads of this state has been placed on the owners of the livestock. As stated by the Legislature in section 588.12 , There is hereby found and declared a necessity for a statewide livestock law embracing all public roads of the state and necessity that its application be uniform throughout the state, except as hereinafter provided....