Comparative fault system · Florida
For Comparative fault system · Florida, state is Florida; rule type is Comparative fault system; fault system is Modified comparative fault (51% bar); when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is any party found to be greater than 50 percent at fault for his or her own harm may not recover any damages; fault threshold is 51%, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Florida our reading
- Rule type
- Comparative fault system our reading
- Fault system
- Modified comparative fault (51% bar) our reading
- When the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery
- any party found to be greater than 50 percent at fault for his or her own harm may not recover any damages verified
- Fault threshold
- 51% our reading
- Statutory citation
- 768.81 verified
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What the source says
In a negligence action to which this section applies, any party found to be greater than 50 percent at fault for his or her own harm may not recover any damages. This subsection does not apply to an action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising out of medical negligence pursuant to chapter 766.
— leg.state.fl.us, retrieved 2026-08-31
Where each value comes from
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Statutory citation
768.81 Comparative fault.
— all from leg.state.fl.us, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- leg.state.fl.ushttp://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0768/Sections/0768.81.html