Florida Statute 440.077 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 440
WORKERS' COMPENSATION

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440.077 When a corporate officer rejects chapter, effect.—An officer of a corporation who is permitted to elect an exemption under this chapter and who elects to be exempt from the provisions of this chapter may not recover benefits under this chapter.

History.—s. 3, ch. 91-2; s. 5, ch. 2003-412.

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Charles Gladden v. Fisher Thomas, Inc., The Green etc. (Fla. 1st DCA 2017).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...officer exemption, makes clear that the quid pro quo for reduced workers’ compensation premiums associated with the exemption is that the officer electing exemption “may not recover benefits or compensation under [the Workers’ Compensation Law].” See also § 440.077, Fla....

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G.T. McDonald Enter., Inc. v. Frederick, 711 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 4873, 1998 WL 219711

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 440.077, Fla....

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