Florida Statute 768.12 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE

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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.

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Quarantello v. Leroy

977 So. 2d 648, 2008 WL 397349

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 15, 2008 | Docket: 1529949

Cited 7 times | Published

"shall not be held liable for any civil damages"); § 768.12, Fla. Stat. (2007) (using the terminology, "shall

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