Florida Statute 768.71 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE

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F.S. 768.71

768.71 Applicability; conflicts.—

(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided, this part applies to any action for damages, whether in tort or in contract.

(2) This part applies only to causes of action arising on or after July 1, 1986, and does not apply to any cause of action arising before that date.

(3) If a provision of this part is in conflict with any other provision of the Florida Statutes, such other provision shall apply.

History.—s. 50, ch. 86-160.

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