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Senate Gives Nod To Evers Bill Limiting The Civil Liability Of Farmers
April 13, 2015
The Florida Senate voted 38-0 to approve a bill by Sen. Greg. Evers (R-Baker) to give farmers liability protection when they allow people to come onto fields before harvest time. Current Florida law provides a liability exemption when farmers allow a person to enter their land for the purpose of removing farm produce or crops left on the field.
The liability exemption under the proposal does not apply if injury or death directly results from the gross negligence or intentional act of the farmer, of from the farmer’s failure to warn of a dangerous condition that would be obvious to a person entering the property.
Evers represents the North Escambia area.
NorthEscambia.com file photo.
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3 Responses to “Senate Gives Nod To Evers Bill Limiting The Civil Liability Of Farmers”
@BT: land ownership is based on rural, residential, commercial, or industrial. The protections you are afforded by law are based on zoning.
rural zoning had a loophole that exposed a rural landowner to increased liability if the land was unfenced, which most farms are.
residential property has civil liability protections that are already more robust than rural. the change requested by Evers’ bill will bring rural code protections closer to that of residential.
so it would seem, if you are zoned residential, you are already part of a special class.
Good for Senator Evers for taking care of real needs of our hard working local farmers. These folks need all the honest support we can give them.
I domhave a question that may seem facetious to some, but I’m sincere in asking it, and have a reason for asking: Doesn’t the liability exemption include a failure on the farmer’s part to warn people of hazardous conditions that are NOT obvious to persons entering the property?
Good. Can I get the same protection when people come on to my land? Or do I have to belong to a special class?