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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 773
EQUINE ACTIVITIES
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F.S. 773.02
773.02 General provisions.Except as provided in s. 773.03, an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person, which shall include a corporation or partnership, shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities and, except as provided in s. 773.03, no participant nor any participant’s representative shall have any claim against or recover from any equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or any other person for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting from any of the inherent risks of equine activities.
History.s. 89, ch. 93-169; s. 93, ch. 99-3.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 773.02
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GERMER, v. CHURCHILL DOWNS MANAGEMENT,, 201 So. 3d 721 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . that Germer was a “participant engaged in an equine activity5’ and, therefore, pursuant to section 773.02 . . . A.The Act’s relevant provisions The operative immunity provision of the Act is codified in section 773.02 . . . equine activity” and Defendants are statutorily immunized from Germer’s claim for personal injuries. § 773.02 . . . In order for an equine facility to avail itself of section 773.02’s exculpation, the Act' requires the . . . the alternate argument that a factual dispute exists as to whether any of the exceptions to section 773.02 . . .

McNICHOL, v. SOUTH FLORIDA TROTTING CENTER, INC., 44 So. 3d 253 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . court correctly directed a verdict for the defendant based on both the statutory immunity of section 773.02 . . . Section 773.02 provides in part: Except as provided in s. 773.03, an equine activity sponsor ... shall . . . That exception provides that: Nothing in s. 773.02 shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine . . . When read in context with section 773.02, however, and with the goal of giving meaning to all provisions . . . By reading section 773.03 in pari materia, it exempts from section 773.02’s immunity, negligent acts . . . McNichol, in a horse related accident by reason of the immunity afforded to equine sponsors by section 773.02 . . . The defendant responded that section 773.02 provided it with absolute immunity for injuries resulting . . . The trial court, relying on section 773.02, found defendant as an equine sponsor was not liable for plaintiffs . . . Section 773.02 provides that: Except as provided in. s. 773.03, an equine activity sponsor, an equine . . . Additionally, Section 773.03 provides: (2) Nothing in s. 773.02 shall prevent or limit the liability . . .

McGRAW, v. R AND R INVESTMENTS, LTD., 877 So. 2d 886 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . thrown by a horse which R & R owned, by reason of the immunity afforded to equine sponsors by section 773.02 . . . A proper resolution of the issue requires a careful examination of sections 773.02, 773.03, and 773.04 . . . Section 773.02 provides: General provisions. — Except as provided in s. 77S.0S, an equine activity sponsor . . . In that section 773.02 explicitly refers only to the limitations from liability as provided in section . . . Section 773.02(2) provides: (2) Nothing in s. 773.02 shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine . . .

RAVESON v. WALT DISNEY WORLD COMPANY,, 793 So. 2d 1171 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . Section 773.02 further provides the following general provision: [A]n equine activity sponsor, an equine . . . Additionally and separately from the release and indemnity agreement, section 773.02, Florida Statutes . . . may be possible, section 773.01(6) seems to contradict the exclusion of liability provided in section 773.02 . . .

DILALLO, a Jo DILALLO, Jo v. RIDING SAFELY, INC. d b a B, 687 So. 2d 353 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . Section 773.02, Florida Statutes (1993), provides in pertinent part: [A]n equine activity sponsor [such . . .