Applicability.
F.S. 774.003
in effect(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, 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.
Source: FL Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/Chapter774/AllFetched: 7/8/2026