768.12

Motor vehicle colliding with any animal at large on a public highway.

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768.12 Motor vehicle colliding with any animal at large on a public highway.Whenever a motor vehicle collides with any animal at large on a public highway of this state, and the operator of the motor vehicle dies as a result of the collision, the owner of such animal shall have no cause of action against the personal representative of the estate of the said deceased operator on account of any injuries to, or the death of, such animal, resulting from the collision.
History.s. 1, ch. 21018, 1941.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2008–2008 · leading case: Quarantello v. Leroy
Quarantello v. Leroy (2008) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “(2007) (employing the phrase, "shall not be held liable for any civil damages"); § 768.12, Fla. Stat. (2007) (using the terminology, "shall have no cause of action"); § 768.”
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