{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-774.003","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 774.003","heading":"Applicability.","body":"(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.\n(2) The limitations in s. 774.004 do not apply to:\n(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;\n(b) Any claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability;\n(c) An insurance company, as defined in s. 717.101;\n(d) Any obligations under the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or under any collective bargaining agreement; or\n(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.\nHistory.—s. 3, ch. 2005-269.","path":["CHAPTER 774 ASBESTOS-RELATED AND SILICA-RELATED CLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0700-0799/0774/0774.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:14:15Z","sha256":"c0c1fc745e9e8590ca8e0a00052068ff3f453c054d1e413857085b9163ea8bf6","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-774.002","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-774.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}