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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. 773.04
773.04 Posting and notification.
(1) Every equine activity sponsor and equine professional shall:
(a) Post and maintain one or more signs which contain the warning notice specified in subsection (2). These signs shall be placed in a clearly visible location near to where the equine activity begins. The warning notice specified in subsection (2) shall appear on the sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of 1 inch in height, with sufficient color contrast to be clearly distinguishable.
(b) Give the participant a written document which the participant shall sign with the warning notice specified in subsection (2) clearly printed on it. Said written document may be used in lieu of posting the warning on the site of the equine activity sponsor’s or equine professional’s facility, and shall be given to any participant in an equine event not on the location of the equine activity sponsor’s or equine professional’s facility.
(2) The signs and document described in subsection (1) shall contain the following warning notice:

WARNING

Under Florida law, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to, or the death of, a participant in equine activities resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities.

History.s. 91, ch. 93-169.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 773.04
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 773.04.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

GERMER, v. CHURCHILL DOWNS MANAGEMENT,, 201 So. 3d 721 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . . § 773.04(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). . . . .

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

. . . comply with the statutory mandate to post and maintain a specific warning notice as required by section 773.04 . . . DCA 2004) (finding that the omission of an equine sponsor in not posting a sign required in section 773.04 . . .

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

. . . McGraw asserts that because R & R failed to comply with the notice provisions of section 773.04, Florida . . . , because the statutory duty to warn of the sponsor’s nonliability is otherwise provided in section 773.04 . . . A proper resolution of the issue requires a careful examination of sections 773.02, 773.03, and 773.04 . . . Section 773.04 provides in full: Posting and notification.— (1) Every equine activity sponsor and equine . . . Nothing in section 773.04, or elsewhere in chapter 773, expressly provides a consequence attending a . . .

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

. . . This warning complies with the notification requirement found in section 773.04, Florida Statutes (1997 . . .

UNITED STATES v. CITY OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA,, 999 F.2d 71 (4th Cir. 1993)

. . . Since 1985, § 773.04(c) of the City code has provided as follows: “Governmental Buildings and Structures . . .

In LAS COLINAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, SCHREIBMAN v. WALTER E. HELLER COMPANY OF PUERTO RICO E., 585 F.2d 7 (1st Cir. 1978)

. . . started on December 6, 1972, when Las Colinas, Inc., sold to Development all of its real property (773.04 . . .