The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXVIII
NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE

Chapter 376
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE PREVENTION AND REMOVAL

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F.S. 376.205

376.205 Individual cause of action for damages under ss. 376.011-376.21.—The remedies in this act shall be deemed to be cumulative and not exclusive. Nothing in this act shall require pursuit of any claim against the fund as a condition precedent to any remedy against a responsible party. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person may bring a cause of action against a responsible party in a court of competent jurisdiction for damages, as defined in s. 376.031, resulting from a discharge or other condition of pollution covered by ss. 376.011-376.21. In any such suit, it shall not be necessary for the person to plead or prove negligence in any form or manner. Such person need only plead and prove the fact of the prohibited discharge or other pollutive condition and that it occurred. The only defenses to such cause of action shall be those specified in s. 376.12(7). The court, in issuing any final judgment in such action, may award costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney’s and expert witness fees, to any party, whenever the court determines such an award is in the public interest.

History.—s. 18, ch. 74-336; s. 51, ch. 91-221; s. 13, ch. 96-263.

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Amendments to 376.205

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 376.205

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 376.205.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SIMON S TRUCKING, INC. v. A. LIEUPO,, 244 So. 3d 370 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . ." §§ 376.205 & 376.031(5), Fla. Stat. (emphasis added). . . .

CURD, v. MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC,, 39 So. 3d 1216 (Fla. 2010)

. . . individual causes of action for pollution of surface and ground waters, it should be noted that section 376.205 . . .

S. ITALIANO, a v. JONES CHEMICALS, INC. a, 908 F. Supp. 904 (M.D. Fla. 1995)

. . . Chapter 376.205). . . . Chapters 376.205, and 376.313). . . . Although Sections 376.205, and 376.313(6), Florida Statutes, provide for the recovery of attorney’s fees . . .

CUNNINGHAM, N. III, A. S. O G. S. Sr. P. D. O E. N. M. v. ANCHOR HOCKING CORPORATION,, 558 So. 2d 93 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . Statutes); (2) whether the trial court erred in dismissing claims based on public nuisance (Section 376.205 . . . STATUTES We hold that Count V of the complaint fails to state a cause of action pursuant to Section 376.205 . . . The allegations, therefore, do not state a cause of action under Section 376.205 (“Individual cause of . . .