Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2566
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11 Senator Webster moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
19 768.81, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 (4) APPLICABILITY.--
21 (b) This section does not apply to any action brought
22 by any person to recover actual economic damages resulting
23 from pollution, to any action based upon an intentional tort
24 that occurs in an indoor area of a business, or to any cause
25 of action as to which application of the doctrine of joint and
26 several liability is specifically provided by chapter 403,
27 chapter 498, chapter 517, chapter 542, or chapter 895.
28 Section 3. Section 768.0710, Florida Statutes, is
29 repealed.
30 Section 4. For the purpose of incorporating the
31 amendment made by this act to section 768.81, Florida
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2566
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1 Statutes, in references thereto, section 25.077, Florida
2 Statutes, is reenacted to read:
3 25.077 Negligence case settlements and jury verdicts;
4 case reporting.--Through the state's uniform case reporting
5 system, the clerk of court shall report to the Office of the
6 State Courts Administrator, beginning in 2003, information
7 from each settlement or jury verdict and final judgment in
8 negligence cases as defined in s. 768.81(4), as the President
9 of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
10 deem necessary from time to time. The information shall
11 include, but need not be limited to: the name of each
12 plaintiff and defendant; the verdict; the percentage of fault
13 of each; the amount of economic damages and noneconomic
14 damages awarded to each plaintiff, identifying those damages
15 that are to be paid jointly and severally and by which
16 defendants; and the amount of any punitive damages to be paid
17 by each defendant.
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19 (Redesignate subsequent sections)
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 circumstantial evidence; amending s. 768.81, F.S.;
28 providing for the apportionment of damages to an intentional
29 tortfeasor for intentional torts that occur in the outdoor
30 areas of a business; repealing s. 768.0710, F.S., relating to
31 the duty to maintain premises in a reasonably safe condition
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2566
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1 for the safety of business invitees; reenacting s. 25.077,
2 F.S., relating to the duty of the clerk of court to report
3 certain information concerning negligence cases, to
4 incorporate the amendment made to s. 768.81, F.S., in a
5 reference thereto;
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