Florida Statute 769.01 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 769
HAZARDOUS OCCUPATIONS

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F.S. 769.01

769.01 Employers affected by fellow servant act.—This chapter shall apply to persons engaged in the following hazardous occupations in this state; namely, railroading, operating street railways, generating and selling electricity, telegraph and telephone business, express business, blasting and dynamiting, operating automobiles for public use, boating, when boat is propelled by steam, gas or electricity.

History.—s. 1, ch. 6521, 1913; RGS 4971; CGL 7058.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 769.01

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 769.01.

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Cases Citing Statute 769.01

Total Results: 20

Gessa v. Manor Care of Florida, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-11-23

Citation: 86 So. 3d 484, 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 676, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 2765, 2011 WL 5864823

Snippet: to relieve or exempt the persons mentioned in s. 769.01 from the liability prescribed by this chapter shall

ALTERRA HEALTHCARE v. Estate of Linton Ex Rel. Graham

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-02-28

Citation: 953 So. 2d 574, 2007 WL 597008

Snippet: to relieve or exempt the persons mentioned in s. 769.01 from the liability prescribed by this chapter shall

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1988-05-24

Snippet: each). 14 See, Mills v. Korash, 249 So.2d 765, 769 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1971), recognizing the policy of the

Egal v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-05-22

Citation: 469 So. 2d 196, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1303

Snippet: improper intent. See Faulkner v. State, 146 Fla. 769, 1 So.2d 857 (1941). In this case, although the evidence

Crosby v. REG. UTIL. BD., CITY OF GAINESVILLE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-06-26

Citation: 400 So. 2d 1024

Snippet: following language: "769.02 The persons mentioned in s. 769.01 shall be liable in damages for injuries inflicted

Rhodes v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1973-09-19

Citation: 283 So. 2d 351

Snippet: Fla. 64, 37 So. 302; Faulkner v. State, 146 Fla. 769, 1 So.2d 857; and Boles v. State, 158 Fla. 220, 27

Chesebrough v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1971-12-08

Citation: 255 So. 2d 675

Snippet: Fla. 64, 37 So. 302; Faulkner v. State, 146 Fla. 769, 1 So.2d 857; and Boles v. State, 158 Fla. 220, 27

Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Fulmer

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1969-11-12

Citation: 227 So. 2d 870, 1969 Fla. LEXIS 2154

Snippet: provides as follows: "The persons mentioned in § 769.01 [persons engaged in hazardous occupations] shall

Farrington v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-03-05

Citation: 207 So. 2d 513

Snippet: basis for reversal. Faulkner v. State, 146 Fla. 769, 1 So.2d 857 (1941); Belfield v. Lochner, Fla.App

Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Wynn

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-12-12

Citation: 204 So. 2d 912

Snippet: Teleph. Co. v. Strong, 130 Fla. 755, 179 So. 289; §§ 769.01, 769.02, 769.03, 769.04, Fla.Stat., F.S.A.

Maule Industries, Inc. v. Watson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-08-01

Citation: 201 So. 2d 631, 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4660

Snippet: the defendant, came within the provisions of § 769.01, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., the Florida Supreme Court stated

Brown v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1966-11-22

Citation: 192 So. 2d 794, 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 4687

Snippet: 264, 114 So.2d 241; Faulkner v. State, 146 Fla. 769, 1 So.2d 857; San Fratello v. State, Fla.App.1963

Cole v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-03-16

Citation: 172 So. 2d 607, 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 4374

Snippet: 151 So.2d ■865. . Faulkner v. State, 146 Fla. 769, 1 So.2d 857 (1941); Aris v. State, 3 Fla.App.1964

Florida Power and Light Co. v. Price

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1964-12-21

Citation: 170 So. 2d 293

Snippet: one of the class of persons referred to in F.S. § 769.01, F.S.A., but this alone does not render it liable

Price v. Florida Power and Light Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-12-13

Citation: 159 So. 2d 654

Snippet: as persons engaged in a hazardous occupation. § 769.01, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. In other jurisdictions

Adams v. Culver

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1959-05-08

Citation: 111 So. 2d 665

Snippet: 98 L.Ed.; cf. Faulkner v. State, 1941, 146 Fla. 769, 1 So.2d 857 (decided prior to the enactment of §

Buchanan v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1959-04-21

Citation: 111 So. 2d 51

Snippet: Fla. 64, 37 So. 302; Faulkner v. State, 146 Fla. 769, 1 So.2d 857; and Boles v. State, 158 Fla. 220, 27

Browning v. City of Tampa

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1958-03-19

Citation: 101 So. 2d 365, 1958 Fla. LEXIS 1641

Snippet: Petitioner relies upon Faulkner v. State, 146 Fla. 769, 1 So.2d 857. In that case appellant had been convicted

Jones v. Brink

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1949-02-25

Citation: 39 So. 2d 791, 1949 Fla. LEXIS 1321

Snippet: not engaged in any occupation outlined in Section 769.01, Florida Statutes 1941, and F.S.A. To meet this

Ake v. Birnbaum

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1945-07-20

Citation: 25 So. 2d 213, 156 Fla. 735, 1945 Fla. LEXIS 982

Snippet: wrongful act statutes, aided as to proof by section 769.01. F.S. 1941, the hazardous occupations act. Section