A person who sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages to a person of lawful drinking age shall not thereby become liable for injury or damage caused by or resulting from the intoxication of such person, except that a person who willfully and unlawfully sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages to a person who is not of lawful drinking age or who knowingly serves a person habitually addicted to the use of any or all alcoholic beverages may become liable for injury or damage caused by or resulting from the intoxication of such minor or person.
Fla. Stat. § 768.125
Liability for injury or damage resulting from intoxication
Known as the Florida Wrongful Death Act
The act spans §§ 768.041 to 768.81 (79 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Furry v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians (2012)
Most recently applied in Botkin v. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance (July 2013)
History.--s. 1, ch. 80-37.
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Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.