Fla. Stat. 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: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;Any claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability;An insurance company, as defined in s. 717.101;Any obligations under the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or under any collective bargaining agreement; orA 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.

(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.

Source: Section 774.003 — Applicability, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0774.­003 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

Current through Fall 2025

§ 774.003. Applicability's source at flsenate​.gov