Florida Statute 768.11 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE

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768.11 Pits and holes; measure of damages.—Any company or individual who may leave open pits or other holes contrary to the provisions of s. 768.10 shall be liable in damages to any person injured thereby in an amount double the actual damages sustained, which may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

History.—s. 2, ch. 4051, 1891; GS 3153; RGS 4970; CGL 7057.

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Cases Citing Statute 768.11

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Loureiro v. Pools by Greg, Inc., 698 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 8786, 1997 WL 425481

...Reversal would be required only if Pools had been found negligent and the jury had also apportioned fault among non-parties. As to the remaining points on appeal, the supreme court's holding in Nash forecloses the constitutional claim. Also, the trial court correctly denied the requested instruction, since section 768.11, Florida Statutes (1995), was inapplicable to this case....

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Gload v. Birdsall Constr. Co., 177 So. 2d 894 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.” (Section 768.11) The appellant contends that the-above acts

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