Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 769.06 (2025)

Contracts limiting liability invalid.

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769.06 Contracts limiting liability invalid.—Any contract, contrivance or device whatever, having the effect to relieve or exempt the persons mentioned in s. 769.01 from the liability prescribed by this chapter shall be illegal and void.

History.—s. 6, ch. 6521, 1913; RGS 4976; CGL 7063.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1981–2011 · leading case: ALTERRA HEALTHCARE v. Est. of Linton Ex Rel. Graham, 953 So. 2d 574 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007).

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ALTERRA HEALTHCARE v. Est. of Linton Ex Rel. Graham, 953 So. 2d 574 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). · cites it 2× “§ 769.06, Fla. Stat. (2002). If waiver of the remedies of Chapter 400 violates public policy, it should be the Florida Legislature to make that decision and specify that such waivers are prohibited and void, rather than the judiciary.”

Gessa v. Manor Care of Florida, Inc., 86 So. 3d 484 (Fla. 2011). · cites it 2× “§ 769.06, Fla. Stat. (2004). Florida’s insurance law specifies that “[n]o contract shall contain any waiver of rights or benefits provided to or available to subscribers under the provisions of any law or rule applicable to health maintenance organizations.”

Bland v. Health Care & Ret. Corp., 927 So. 2d 252 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006). “, § 769.06 (prohibiting contracts limiting liability in context of fellow servant act as illegal and void).”

Crosby v. Reg. Util. Bd., City of Gainesville, 400 So. 2d 1024 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). · cites it 2× “11, Florida Statutes, was not the type of "contract, contrivance or device" prohibited in Section 769.06, Florida Statutes. [3] In reaching this decision, the court quoted language from the case of Winn-Lovett Tampa, Inc.”

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