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Florida Statute 768.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 768.08 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 768.08 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
768.08 Liability of corporations having relief department for injury to employees; contracts in violation of act void.—Any person, association of persons, or corporation that has, or shall hereafter have, a relief department for the benefit of their or its employees, or which shall contribute any money or other thing of value to any relief society or association for the benefit of their or its employees, to which such employee may also contribute any money, or other thing of value, shall not be relieved of liability to such employee, or in case of her or his death to any person authorized by law to sue for such death, for the negligent injury or killing of such employee, because such employee may have been a member of or contributed to any such relief department, or received any benefits therefrom, but such employee, and in case of her or his death any person or persons authorized by law to sue for such death, shall be entitled to demand, sue for and recover any benefit that such employee may have been entitled to receive by reason of having been a member of or contributed to any such relief department, society or association, and such employee, and in case of her or his death any person authorized by law to sue for such death, shall be entitled to institute suit against any such person, association of persons or corporations, and to recover for any injury suffered by such employee and for the death of such employee, suffered through the negligence of such person, association of persons, or corporation, and any contract, stipulation or provision in violation of this section is declared to be null and void.
History.—s. 1, ch. 6520, 1913; RGS 4967; CGL 7054; s. 1162, ch. 97-102.

Cases Citing F.S. 768.08

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·Birge v. Charron, 107 So. 3d 350 (Fla. 2012).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 735, 2012 WL 5869641, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 2415

section applies to negligence cases.”). .Section 768.8 l(4)(a), Florida Statutes (2006), provided:
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·Sykes v. Fireman's Fund Ins., 269 F. Supp. 229 (S.D. Fla. 1967).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1967 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8773

...orida Statutes § 768.04, applies, and consequently, this action is barred. There are several cases in Florida which have dealt with similar insurance contracts, but none have dealt with this precise problem of the applicable statute of limitations. Section 768.08 of the Florida Statutes, enables a father to sue for the wrongful death of a child....
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