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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 588
LEGAL FENCES AND LIVESTOCK AT LARGE
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F.S. 588.15
588.15 Liability of owner.Every owner of livestock who intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or negligently suffers or permits such livestock to run at large upon or stray upon the public roads of this state shall be liable in damages for all injury and property damage sustained by any person by reason thereof.
History.s. 4, ch. 25236, 1949.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 588.15
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 588.15.



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Cases Citing Statute 588.15

Total Results: 19

ERNEST CARNAHAN v. ROBERT W. NORVELL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-04-24T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the livestock to “stray upon” public roads. See § 588.15, Fla. Stat. (2012). Appellant claimed that the

Manfre v. Shinkle

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-02-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 184 So. 3d 641, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 1534, 2016 WL 438227

Snippet: purpose, the Act included provisions in section 588.15 that made the livestock owners responsible for …evident by the provisions of sections 588.14 and 588.15, Florida Statutes (2008), the Legislature knows…184 So.2d 188, 190 (Fla. 1st DCA 1966) (“Section 588.15 ... must be read in pari mate-ria with the preceding…duty, the negligent breach of which, under Section 588.15, makes the owner liable in damages, as follows:

Florida Power & Light Co. v. Morris

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-10-18T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 944 So. 2d 407

Snippet: liable for any damage to persons or property. § 588.15, Fla. Stat. The act defines an "owner"…, with the exception of section 588.14. Section 588.15 now provides "[e]very owner of livestock who

Florida Board of Education v. Andrews

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-06-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 903 So. 2d 1048, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 9361, 2005 WL 1412198

Snippet: evidence of the defendant’s negligence under section 588.15, Florida Statutes (1999). See Hanson v. Scharber

Boswell v. Russell

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-06-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 819 So. 2d 925

Snippet: liability arises only upon a showing of negligence: 588.15. Liability of owner. Every owner of livestock who…damage sustained by any person by reason thereof. § 588.15, Fla. Stat. (1999). Thus, under the Warren Act,

Dario v. Roth

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-05-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 756 So. 2d 262

Snippet: upon or stray upon the public roads. See id. § 588.15 (1991). "Livestock `running at large'

Hanson v. Scharber

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-01-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 749 So. 2d 563

Snippet: stray onto the roadway in violation of section 588.15, Florida Statutes (1995). After limited discovery…on or stray upon the public roads of this state. 588.15 Liability of owner.—Every owner of livestock who

Toole v. Dupuis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-06-23T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 735 So. 2d 582

Snippet: solely on the argument that sections 588.14 and 588.15, Florida Statutes (1997),[1] impose strict liability…. Florida law is clear that sections 588.14 and 588.15 do not impose strict liability on the owner of …stray upon the public roads of this state. Section 588.15, Florida Statutes (1997) provides: Liability of

Fisel v. Wynns

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1996-02-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 667 So. 2d 761

Snippet: against a livestock owner under sections 588.14 and 588.15, Florida Statutes (1971). The district court certified…opted instead for a showing of at least negligence: 588.15 Liability of owner.—Every owner of livestock who…protection rights had been violated because section 588.15 requires a finding of at least negligence whereas…emphasis added). The legislature has left section 588.15 intact following Selby and we are just as bound… alternatives before it when it enacted Section 588.15. It chose to require proof of negligence. It is

Fisel v. Wynns

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-02-16T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 650 So. 2d 46

Snippet: on or stray upon the public roads of this state. 588.15 Liability of Owner. — Every owner of livestock …granting of a motion for summary judgment. Section 588.15, Florida Statutes, provides that an owner who negligently… I find that the negligence required in section 588.15 may be established by finding that the Wynnses …of this court are interested in revising section 588.15, Florida Statutes, then they should contact their

Zuppardo v. O'Hare

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-03-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 487 So. 2d 39, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 660, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6865

Snippet: negligence and violations of sections 588.14 and 588.15, Florida Statutes (1983), asserting that appellee

James v. Skinner

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 464 So. 2d 588, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 360, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 14259

Snippet: permitted his livestock to stray on the public roads. § 588.15, Fla.Stat. (1983); Visingardi v. Tirone, 193 So

Davidson v. Howard

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-09-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 438 So. 2d 899

Snippet: liable for any damage to persons or property. § 588.15, Fla. Stat. The act defines an "owner"

Selby v. Bullock

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1973-10-30T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 287 So. 2d 18

Snippet: Constitutionality of Florida Statute 588.15", passed upon the validity of Section 588.15, Florida Statutes, 1971…Statute 588.15". Said Motion read, in part, as follows: "1 ... Florida Statute 588.15 provides…s Motion as to the constitutionality of Section 588.15, Florida Statutes, be and the same is hereby denied…this appeal is the constitutionality of Section 588.15, Florida Statutes F.S.A. At the outset, we note…requirement of proof of negligence under Section 588.15 operates as a denial of equal protection to appellants

Beaver v. Howerton

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1969-05-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 223 So. 2d 62, 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5623

Snippet: Appellant Beaver relies upon F.S. §§ 588.14 and 588.15, F.S.A. which are a compilation of §§ 3 and 4 of…or stray upon the public roads of this state.” “588.15 Same; liability of owner Every owner of livestock…District Court, after quoting F.S. §§ 588.14 and 588.15, F.S.A., supra, and adverting to the Supreme Court… occurred”. Baker was sued for violating F.S. § 588.15, F.S.A., and upon trial the Circuit Court directed

Hughes v. Landers

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1968-11-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 215 So. 2d 773, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 4869

Snippet: proper condition under Florida Statutes §§ 588.14, 588.15 and § 4 — 12 of the City of Tampa Code. It is also

Welch v. Baker

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1966-03-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 184 So. 2d 188, 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 5639

Snippet: provisions of Section 588.15. We are aided in our construction of Section 588.15 by two decisions of our…said cattle, in violation of Sections 588.11 and 588.15, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. To this complaint the…Florida, contrary to the provisions of Sections 588.15 and 588.11 of the Florida Statutes [F.S.A.].” The… The first statutory provision (Section 588.15) thus cited and invoked in the complaint reads as follows…evidencing the legal enclosure of said land.” Section 588.15, quoted above, must be read in pari materia with

Gordon v. Sutherland

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1961-07-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 131 So. 2d 520

Snippet: .2d 644. Appellant urges that sections 588.14 and 588.15, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., were violated and evidence…upon the public roads of this state." "588.15 Same; liability of owner. Every owner of livestock

Blalock v. Powledge

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1938-02-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 179 So. 772, 131 Fla. 498, 1938 Fla. LEXIS 1439

Snippet: of Osborne v. State, 33 Fla. 162,14 Sou. Rep. 588, 15 L.R.A. 120, 39 Am. St. Rep. 99, sustained the constitutionality