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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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, 1 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Florida Statutes Title XLV. Torts § 774.003. Applicability - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/fl/title-xlv-torts/fl-st-sect-774-003/
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