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Florida Statute 774.003 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 774.003 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 774.003 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
774.003 Applicability.—
(1) The limitations in s. 774.004 apply to a corporation that is a successor and became a successor before January 1, 1972, or is any of that successor corporation’s successors.
(2) The limitations in s. 774.004 do not apply to:
(a) Workers’ compensation benefits paid by or on behalf of an employer to an employee under chapter 440 or a comparable workers’ compensation law of another jurisdiction;
(b) Any claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability;
(c) An insurance company, as defined in s. 717.101;
(d) Any obligations under the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or under any collective bargaining agreement; or
(e) A successor that, after a merger or consolidation, continued in the business of mining asbestos; in the business of selling or distributing asbestos fibers; or in the business of manufacturing, distributing, removing, or installing asbestos-containing products that were the same or substantially the same as those products previously manufactured, distributed, removed, or installed by the transferor.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2005-269.

Cases Citing F.S. 774.003

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Conservation All. v. United States Dep't of Transp., 145 F. Supp. 3d 1198 (S.D. Fla. 2015).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157599, 2015 WL 7351544

harm in light of the statute’s purpose. 23 C.F.R. § 774.3(c). Seven factors govern this inquiry: (i) The
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Citizens for Smart Growth v. Peters, 716 F. Supp. 2d 1215 (S.D. Fla. 2010).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54284, 2010 WL 1817332

F.R. § 771.135 and replacing it with 23 C.F.R. § 774.3. 73 Fed.Reg. 13368, 13395. Courts have cited to
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Conservation All. of St. Lucie Cnty., Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Transp., 847 F.3d 1309 (11th Cir. 2017).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 47 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20020, 2017 WL 461000, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 1922

in costs among the alternatives. 23 C.F.R. § 774.3(c)(1). This is “a simple balancing process which

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