Florida Statute 767.5 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 767
DAMAGE BY DOGS; DANGEROUS DOGS

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F.S. 767.05

767.05 Owner’s liability for damages by dog to dairy cattle.—An owner or keeper of any dog that kills, wounds, or harasses any dairy cattle shall be jointly and severally liable to the owner of such dairy cattle for all damages done by such dog; and it is not necessary to prove notice to or knowledge by any such owner or keeper of such dog that the dog was mischievous or disposed to kill or worry any dairy cattle.

History.—s. 2, ch. 79-315; s. 482, ch. 81-259.

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Cases Citing Statute 767.05

Total Results: 4

Belcher Yacht, Inc. v. Stickney

450 So. 2d 1111

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 3, 1984 | Docket: 2561806

Cited 11 times | Published

767.04, Fla. Stat. (1979). [2] Compare with section 767.05, Florida Statutes (1979), which specifically

Standard Jury Instructions-Civil Cases

778 So. 2d 264, 25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 518, 2000 Fla. LEXIS 1371, 2000 WL 889771

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 2000 | Docket: 1290340

Cited 7 times | Published

"improper." See, e.g., Restatement (Second) of Torts § 767. 5. In cases where a claimant alternatively asserts

Wipperfurth v. Huie

654 So. 2d 116, 1995 WL 94414

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 9, 1995 | Docket: 2523982

Cited 6 times | Published

"the owners of any dog," with the wording of section 767.05, "an owner or keeper of any dog."[4] In line

Huie v. Wipperfurth

632 So. 2d 1109, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 1682, 1994 WL 63320

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 4, 1994 | Docket: 64746740

Published

rehearing on April 7, 1978. Compare with section 767.05, Florida Statutes (1979), which specifically