Florida Statute 768.093 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE

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768.093 Owner liability limits; powered shopping carts.—

(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “powered shopping cart” means an electrically powered assistive technology device which is generally used in a retail establishment by a customer, designed for the simultaneous transport of a person and of goods of any kind, and capable of speeds no greater than 21/2 miles per hour.

(2) A powered shopping cart which is provided to a person gratuitously for use solely on the premises of the owner of such powered shopping cart shall not be considered a dangerous instrumentality in this state.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2002-33.

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Weissberg v. Albertson's Inc.

886 So. 2d 305, 2004 WL 2534243

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 10, 2004 | Docket: 1379965

Cited 1 times | Published

Moreover, as Albertson's has pointed out, section 768.093(2), Florida Statutes (2002), provides that

ARTHUR SAGER v. MADALINA BLANCO AND RICARDO F. BLANCO

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 12, 2022 | Docket: 65417127

Published

establishment is not a dangerous instrumentality, § 768.093(2), Fla. Stat. (2022), limiting liability to

ARTHUR SAGER v. MADALINA BLANCO AND RICARDO F. BLANCO

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 15, 2022 | Docket: 63385757

Published

6 dangerous instrumentality, § 768.093(2), Fla. Stat. (2022), limiting liability to

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