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769.01 – Employers Affected by Fellow Servant Act.

769.01 Employers affected by fellow servant act.—This chapter shall apply to persons engaged in the following hazardous occupations in this state; namely, railroading, operating street railways, generating and selling electricity, telegraph and telephone business, express business, blasting and dynamiting, operating automobiles for public use, boating, when boat is propelled by steam, gas or electricity. History.—s. 1, […]

769.04 – Doctrine of “Assumption of Risk” Abrogated.

769.04 Doctrine of “assumption of risk” abrogated.—The doctrine of “assumption of risk” shall not obtain in any case arising under the provisions of this chapter, where the injury or death was attributable to the negligence of the employer, his or her agents or servants. History.—s. 4, ch. 6521, 1913; RGS 4974; CGL 7061; s. 1177, ch. […]

769.06 – Contracts Limiting Liability Invalid.

769.06 Contracts limiting liability invalid.—Any contract, contrivance or device whatever, having the effect to relieve or exempt the persons mentioned in s. 769.01 from the liability prescribed by this chapter shall be illegal and void. History.—s. 6, ch. 6521, 1913; RGS 4976; CGL 7063.