Florida Statute 68.091 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 68
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS

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68.091 Construction and severability of provisions.—

(1) This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial and deterrent purposes.

(2) If any provision of this act or its application to any particular person or circumstance is held invalid, that provision or its application is severable and does not affect the validity of other provisions or applications of this act.

History.—s. 11, ch. 94-316.

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Smith v. Fisher, 965 So. 2d 205 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 2480999

...olous and malicious actions intended to embarrass or harass public officers and employees." Ch. 96-106, § 1 at 93, Laws of Fla. Focusing on meritless litigation filed by persons other than prisoners, the business section of the Florida Bar proposed section 68.091 to the legislature....

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Zoltan Barati v. State of Florida, Motorola, Inc., 198 So. 3d 69 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016).

Cited 8 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

effectuate its remedial and deterrent purposes.” § 68.091, Fla. Stat. (2009). By this legislative directive

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