This chapter may be cited as the “Workers’ Compensation Law.”
Fla. Stat. § 440.01
Short title
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 440–440 (92 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Stephens ex rel. Estate of Becker v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co. (2014)
Most recently applied in Timothy R. Juback v. Michaels Stores, Inc. (June 2017)
History.--s. 1, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(1); s. 23, ch. 78-300; ss. 1, 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.